Where does “undercultural” come from?
undercultural (English) comes from English underculture, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
undercultural (English): Of or pertaining to an underculture
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to an underculture
Ancestry of “undercultural”, step by step
undercultural traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English underculture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | underculture | A subculture, a non-dominant culture of a portion... |
| 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 |