Where does “sociocultural” come from?
Sociocultural comes from English cultural, which derives from English culture, ultimately from Latin cultura meaning "cultivation" or "tending," from Latin colo meaning "to till or cultivate," rooted in Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning "to turn or move around."
sociocultural (English): Of or relating to both society and culture
Definitions
- Of or relating to both society and culture
Ancestry of “sociocultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultural | Pertaining to culture |
| 2 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 3 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |