Etymology

reculture

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Today it means: To change the culture of (a social institution). Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincultūra
  11. Middle Frenchculture
  12. Englishculture
  13. English todayreculture

From re- + culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.