Etymology

hemoculture

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Today it means: A control system for microbial contamination of the blood Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  2. Ancient Greekαἱμο- (haimo-)
  3. Englishhaemo-
  4. Englishhemo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  7. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  8. Latincolō
  9. Latincultūra
  10. Middle Frenchculture
  11. Englishculture
  12. English todayhemoculture

From hemo- + culture.

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