Etymology

subculture

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Today it means: A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features, often in contrast to the larger mainstream culture. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  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 todaysubculture

From sub- + culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.