Etymology

neoculturation

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Today it means: The creation of new cultural phenomena as a result of the intermingling of separate cultures. Full definition →

English neoculture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  10. Latincolō
  11. Latincultūra
  12. Middle Frenchculture
  13. Englishculture
  14. Englishneoculture
  15. English todayneoculturation

From neoculture + -ation.

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