Where does “occulture” come from?
occulture (English) comes from English occult, from French occulte, from Latin occultus, from Latin occulo, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
occulture (English): The appropriation by a subculture of occult...
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- The appropriation by a subculture of occult...
Ancestry of “occulture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | occult | To cover or hide from view; To dissimulate,... |
| 2 | French | occulte | occult; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | occultus | hidden, concealed, having been hidden; secret |
| 4 | Latin | occulo | I cover, hide, conceal |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |