Where does “intercultural” come from?
intercultural (Portuguese) comes from French interculturel, from French culturel, from French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
intercultural (Portuguese): intercultural
Definitions
- intercultural
Ancestry of “intercultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | interculturel | intercultural |
| 2 | French | culturel | cultural |
| 3 | French | culture | crop; 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 |