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Where does “microcultural” come from?

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

microcultural (English): Of or pertaining to a microculture

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a microculture

Ancestry of “microcultural”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicrocultureA very small culture
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 “microcultural”

  • microculturally
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