Etymology

culturable

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Today it means: Able to be cultured (grown in a suitable environment) Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  4. Latincolō
  5. Latincultūra
  6. Middle Frenchculture
  7. Englishculture
  8. English todayculturable

From culture + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.