Where does “サブカルチャー” come from?
サブカルチャー (Japanese) comes from English subculture, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
サブカルチャー (Japanese): a subculture
Definitions
- a subculture
Ancestry of “サブカルチャー”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | subculture | A portion of a culture distinguished by its... |
| 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 |