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Where does “culto” come from?

culto (Spanish) comes from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

culto (Spanish): educated; cultured; learned; cultivated

Definitions

  1. educated; cultured; learned; cultivated

Ancestry of “culto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “culto”

  • cultual
  • cultas
  • kulto
  • kulto
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