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Where does “cultura” come from?

cultura (Spanish) comes from Latin cultūra, 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.

cultura (Spanish): culture

Definitions

  1. culture

Ancestry of “cultura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincultūra—
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

Words derived from “cultura”

  • anticultural
  • cultural
  • pluricultural
  • culturalmente
  • narcocultura
  • sociocultural
  • intercultural
  • culturalizar
  • aculturación
  • aculturar
  • multiculturalismo
  • acuicultura
  • multicultural
  • subcultura
  • kultura
  • kultura
  • cultura
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