Where does “multiculturalism” come from?
Multiculturalism derives from English cultural, English culture, Latin cultura meaning tending or care, Latin colo meaning to inhabit or cultivate, and Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to dwell.
multiculturalism (English): The characteristics of a society, city etc. which...
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- The characteristics of a society, city etc. which...
Ancestry of “multiculturalism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multicultural | Relating or pertaining to several different... |
| 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 |