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Where does “uncultured” come from?

Uncultured derives from English cultured with the prefix un-, ultimately from Latin ūnus meaning "one," traced to Proto-Indo-European óynos and ano-.

uncultured (English): Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or...

Definitions

  1. Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or...

Ancestry of “uncultured”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUn-—
2EnglishstillNot moving; calm; Not effervescing; not...
3Old Englishstillanbecome calm, abate, subside; calm, pacify,...
4Proto-West Germanicstillijanto make still, quiet
5Proto-West Germanic-janCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “uncultured”

  • unculturedness
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