Etymology

cult

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Today it means: The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship. Full definition →

French culte ← Latin cultus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcultus“care, adoration; cult”
  2. French · derived fromculte
  3. English todaycult

Derived from French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”).

Words from the same roots

Latincultus all →

cultivatecultusuncult

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