Where does “下位文化” come from?
下位文化 (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.
Ancestry of “下位文化”, step by step
下位文化 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English subculture
| 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 |
via Japanese 文化
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 文化 | culture |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 文化 | the way of educating by using morality,... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 語 | — |
via Japanese 下位
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 下位 | being at a lower position, a lower location |