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culto.

religious devotion

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkul.to/
  1. religious devotion

    masculine
  2. liturgy (set of rituals)

    masculine
  3. religion

    broadly · masculine
  4. worship, adoration (in a non-religious sense)

    masculine
  5. strong attachment

    masculine
  6. obsession, admiration

    masculine
  7. cultivation

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Latin cultus (“reverence, adoration, veneration”), noun use of the perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to worship”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”). Doublet of colto.

adj/ˈkul.to/
  1. cultured, well-educated, cultivated

    literary
  2. elegant, embellished

    literary
  3. cultivated

    literary
  4. inhabited

    literary
Where this word comes from

From Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“to cultivate; to inhabit”), originating from Proto-Indo-European *kʷl̥tós.

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