precultural

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adjective

Pertaining to human life or society before the development of culture.

OriginEnglish cultural ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French culture →
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Meanings

adjectiveprecultural (comparative more precultural, superlative most precultural)

comparative more precultural · superlative most precultural · alternative pre-cultural

  1. Pertaining to human life or society before the development of culture.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  11. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  12. Latincolō
  13. Latincultūra
  14. Middle Frenchculture
  15. Englishculture
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishcultural
  19. Englishprecultural

From pre- + cultural.

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APA

precultural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precultural

MLA

“precultural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precultural. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precultural,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precultural.

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