Etymology

occulture

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Today it means: The appropriation by a subculture of occult themes (New Age, etc.) in opposition to the dominant culture. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óp(i)
  4. Proto-Italic*op
  5. Latinob
  6. Latinob-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱéleti
  9. Latin*celo
  10. Latinocculō
  11. Latinoccultus
  12. Englishoccult
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  15. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  16. Latincolō
  17. Latincultūra
  18. Middle Frenchculture
  19. Englishculture
  20. English todayocculture

Blend of occult + culture. First used in Rapid Eye magazine by Simon Dwyer. Later used by Professor Christopher Partridge.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.