English
monoculture
Monoculture comes from Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’, from Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to move, to turn (around), to revolve around,…’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to till, cultivate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care, cultivation’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
- English1500–presentculture
- Englishearliest quotation 2023monoculture
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to till, cultivate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra‘care, cultivation’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture
- English1500–presentculture
- Englishearliest quotation 2023monoculture
Earliest quotation: 2023, Martha Gill, When Taylor Swift reaps country-sized riches, other artists : “Monocultures are bad for the environment; as we forced…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’
cultivation, cultivate, 65 more
through Latin colō ‘to till, cultivate’
through Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’
through English culture
Today it means
noun The cultivation of a single crop at a time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- / monoculture