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Where does “microculture” come from?

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

microculture (English): A very small culture

Definitions

  1. A very small culture

Ancestry of “microculture”, step by step

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

Words derived from “microculture”

  • microcultural
  • microculturally
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