herpetocultural

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*serp-
2. Proto-Indo-European*sérpeti
3. Ancient Greekἕρπω (hérpō)
4. Ancient Greekἑρπετόν (herpetón)
5. Ancient Greekἑρπετ- (herpet-)
6. Englishherpet-
7. Englishherpeto-
8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
10. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
11. Latincolō
12. Latincultūra
13. Middle Frenchculture
14. Englishculture
15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
17. Englishcultural
18. English todayherpetocultural

From herpeto- + cultural.