Etymology

uncult

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Today it means: Not cultivated; rude; illiterate. Full definition →

Latin cultus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcultus
  2. English todayuncult

From un- (“not”) + Latin cultus, past participle of colere (“to cultivate”). Compare incult.

Words from the same roots

Latincultus all →

cultivatecultus

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