Etymograph

English

anticulture

Anticulture comes from Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’, from Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care, cultivation’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
  7. English1500–presentsame form
  8. Englishtodayanticulture

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care, cultivation’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
  7. English1500–presentsame form
  8. Englishtodayanticulture

A compound of anti- + culture

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’

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Latin colō ‘to till, cultivate’

Latin cultus ‘tilled, cultivated’

Latin cultūra ‘cultivation’

Middle French culture ‘cultivation; culture’

English culture

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’

cultivation, cultivate, 64 more

through Latin colō ‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care…’

colony, cult, coulee, 68 more

through Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’

agriculture, kultur, 59 more

through English culture

cultural, aquaculture, subculture, monoculture, 56 more

Today it means

noun A culture set up in opposition to another culture.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- / anticulture