Etymology

morphocultural

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Today it means: Describing differences in the morphology of the same organism in different places, cultures etc Full definition →

English cultural ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French culture
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
  2. Englishmorpho-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  5. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  6. Latincolō
  7. Latincultūra
  8. Middle Frenchculture
  9. Englishculture
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishcultural
  13. English todaymorphocultural

From morpho- + cultural.

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