Etymology

idioculture

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Today it means: The distinctive cultural norms and behaviour patterns of a group (such as a clique or friendship circle) within a community or subculture. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéd-yo-s
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hwédios
  4. Ancient Greekῐ̓́δῐος (ĭ́dĭos)
  5. Englishidio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincultūra
  11. Middle Frenchculture
  12. Englishculture
  13. English todayidioculture

From idio- (“individual, separate”) + culture.

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