Where does “multiculturalist” come from?
multiculturalist (English) comes from English multicultural, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
multiculturalist (English): Pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism; An...
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- Pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism; An...
Ancestry of “multiculturalist”, 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 |