Where does “unculturability” come from?
unculturability (English) comes from English unculturable, from English culturable, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo — to turn.
unculturability (English): The condition of being unculturable
Definitions
- The condition of being unculturable
Ancestry of “unculturability”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unculturable | Not culturable |
| 2 | English | culturable | Able to be cultured |
| 3 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 4 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 5 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 6 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 7 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 9 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |