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Where does “multiculturalismo” come from?

multiculturalismo (Spanish) comes from Spanish multicultural, from Spanish cultural, from Spanish cultura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.

multiculturalismo (Spanish): multiculturalism

Definitions

  1. multiculturalism

Ancestry of “multiculturalismo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmulticulturalmulticultural
2Spanishculturalcultural
3Spanishculturaculture
4Latincultūra—
5Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
6Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
8Latinquelo—
9Proto-Italickʷelō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →