Etymology

polyculture

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Today it means: The planting of two or more crops in the same place. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Latincultūra
  6. Middle Frenchculture
  7. Englishculture
  8. English todaypolyculture

From poly- + culture.

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