Where does “monoculturalism” come from?
monoculturalism (English) comes from English monocultural, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
monoculturalism (English): The practice of maintaining, in a society, a...
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- The practice of maintaining, in a society, a...
Ancestry of “monoculturalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monocultural | Having only one culture; of or relating to a... |
| 2 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 3 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |