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Where does “macrocultural” come from?

macrocultural (English) comes from English macroculture, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.

macrocultural (English): Of or pertaining to a macroculture

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a macroculture

Ancestry of “macrocultural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacrocultureThe dominant culture in a society, its...
2EnglishcultureThe arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and...
3Middle Frenchculturecultivation; culture
4Latincultūra—
5Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
6Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
8Latinquelo—
9Proto-Italickʷelō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “macrocultural”

  • macroculturally
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