Etymology

enculturation

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Today it means: The process by which a person adopts the behaviour patterns of the culture in which they are immersed (or born). Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishen-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  10. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  11. Latincolō
  12. Latincultūra
  13. Middle Frenchculture
  14. Englishculture
  15. English todayenculturation

From en- + culture + -ation.

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