Etymology

monoculture

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Today it means: The cultivation of a single crop at a time. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Latincultūra
  5. Middle Frenchculture
  6. Englishculture
  7. English todaymonoculture

From mono- + culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.