Where does “populärkultur” come from?
populärkultur (Swedish) comes from Swedish kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
populärkultur (Swedish): popular culture
Definitions
- popular culture
Ancestry of “populärkultur”, step by step
populärkultur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |