Meanings
adverbpreculturally (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore the development of culture.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcultural
- Englishprecultural
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishpreculturally
From precultural + -ly.
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APA
preculturally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preculturally
MLA
“preculturally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preculturally. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preculturally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preculturally.
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