Etymology

miniculture

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Today it means: Small-scale culture (of bacteria, or figuratively). Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  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 todayminiculture

From mini- + culture.

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