Where does “multicultural” come from?
multicultural (Spanish) comes from Spanish cultural, from Spanish cultura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
multicultural (Spanish): multicultural
Definitions
- multicultural
Ancestry of “multicultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cultural | culture; cultural of or relating to culture |
| 2 | Spanish | cultura | culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |