English
interculturalism
From intercultural + -ism.
A compound of inter- + culture + -al + cultural + intercultural
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’
Latin colō ‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’
Middle French culture
English culture
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’
Latin colō ‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’
Middle French culture
English culture
English cultural
Today it means
noun The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interculturalism