Where does “kulturdebatt” come from?
kulturdebatt (Swedish) comes from Swedish debatt, from French débat, from German Debatte, from French débattre, from Middle French debatre, from Old French debatre, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
kulturdebatt (Swedish): debate on issues of culture
Definitions
- debate on issues of culture
Ancestry of “kulturdebatt”, step by step
kulturdebatt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish debatt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | debatt | a debate |
| 2 | French | débat | debate |
| 3 | German | Debatte | debate |
| 4 | French | débattre | to negotiate; to discuss, debate; to struggle |
| 5 | Middle French | debatre | — |
| 6 | Old French | debatre | to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Swedish kultur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kultur | culture, cultivation; culture, spiritual... |
| 2 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |