Where does “Erinnerungskultur” come from?
Erinnerungskultur (German) comes from German Kultur, 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.
Erinnerungskultur (German): culture of remembrance, specifically that in Germany as it relates to the Holocaust
Definitions
- culture of remembrance, specifically that in Germany as it relates to the Holocaust
Ancestry of “Erinnerungskultur”, step by step
Erinnerungskultur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kultur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kultur | culture |
| 2 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via German Erinnerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erinnerung | memory (recall); remembrance |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |