Where does “monikulttuurisuus” come from?
monikulttuurisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish monikulttuurinen, from Finnish kulttuuri, from Swedish kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
monikulttuurisuus (Finnish): multiculturalism
Definitions
- multiculturalism
Ancestry of “monikulttuurisuus”, step by step
monikulttuurisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish monikulttuurinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | monikulttuurinen | multicultured; multicultural |
| 2 | Finnish | kulttuuri | culture |
| 3 | Swedish | kultur | culture, cultivation; culture, spiritual... |
| 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 |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |