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Where does “culturel” come from?

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

culturel (French): cultural

Definitions

  1. cultural

Ancestry of “culturel”, step by step

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

Words derived from “culturel”

  • interculturalisme
  • culturaliste
  • interculturel
  • culturellement
  • ethnoculturel
  • biculturel
  • biculturalisme
  • socioculturel
  • culturalisme
  • kiltirèl
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