Etymology

culturewise

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Today it means: In terms of culture. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz ← Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós ← 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*weyd-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  10. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  11. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  12. English todayculturewise

From culture + -wise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.