English
cultural
Cultural is culture + -al; culture comes from Latin cultūra ‘cultivation’, from colō ‘to till’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to cultivate the land’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
- English1500–presentculture
- Englishearliest quotation 1978cultural
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to cultivate the land’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
- English1500–presentculture
- Englishearliest quotation 1978cultural
Earliest quotation: 1978, 1976, Leszek Kołakowski: “However, and this was an important point in Gramsci's…”
A compound of culture + -al
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’
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Latin colō ‘to till, cultivate’
Latin cultus ‘tilled, cultivated’
Latin cultūra ‘cultivation’
Middle French culture ‘cultivation; culture’
English culture
Linked words
through Latin colō ‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care…’
colony, cultivation, cultivate, coulee, 68 more
through Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’
through English culture
Today it means
adj Pertaining to culture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- / cultural