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Where does “biculturel” come from?

biculturel (French) comes from French culturel, from French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

biculturel (French): bicultural

Definitions

  1. bicultural

Ancestry of “biculturel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchculturelcultural
2Frenchculturecrop; culture
3Latincultūra—
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “biculturel”

  • biculturalisme
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