English

acultural

Acultural comes from English cultural.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1999, Orlando O Espín, Miguel H Díaz: “In other words, there is no acultural Christianity, just…”

A compound of a- + cultural

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’

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Latin colō ‘to cultivate the land’

Latin cultūra ‘care’

Middle French culture

English culture

adj Without, or irrespective of, culture (customs and habits).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.