Etymology

culturelike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of culture. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English culture
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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. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  9. Proto-Germanic*līką
  10. English todayculturelike

From culture + -like.

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