Etymograph

English

interculture

Interculture comes from Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’, from Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care, cultivation’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
  7. English1500–presentsame form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2008interculture

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care, cultivation’
  6. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
  7. English1500–presentsame form
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2008interculture

Earliest quotation: 2008, Glyn M. Rimmington, Mara Alagic: “As one is exposed to customs and practices of…”

A compound of inter- + culture

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

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 Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’

cultivation, cultivate, 64 more

through Latin colō ‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care…’

colony, cult, coulee, 68 more

through Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’

agriculture, kultur, 59 more

through English culture

cultural, aquaculture, subculture, monoculture, 56 more

Today it means

noun A new culture formed by the merging of aspects of existing cultures.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- / interculture

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