Etymology

macrocultural

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a macroculture. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English macroculture ← Middle French culture
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  10. Latincolō
  11. Latincultūra
  12. Middle Frenchculture
  13. Englishculture
  14. Englishmacroculture
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. English todaymacrocultural

From macroculture + -al.

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