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Where does “cultual” come from?

cultual (Spanish) comes from Spanish culto, 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.

cultual (Spanish): of or relating to a cult or religion

Definitions

  1. of or relating to a cult or religion

Ancestry of “cultual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcultoeducated; cultured; learned; cultivated
2Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
3Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
5Latinquelo—
6Proto-Italickʷelō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →