Where does “petroculture” come from?
petroculture (English) comes from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
petroculture (English): A culture that is dependant on and shaped by oil and petrochemicals
Definitions
- A culture that is dependant on and shaped by oil and petrochemicals
Ancestry of “petroculture”, step by step
petroculture traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English culture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 2 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English Petro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Petro | In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of uncertain... |
| 2 | Koine Greek | Πέτρος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Πέτρος | Peter |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πέτρος | rock, stone, boulder; type of reed |
via English agriculture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agriculture | The art or science of cultivating the ground,... |
| 2 | Middle English | agriculture | — |