Etymology of the English word culture
the English word
culturederived from the Old French word
culturederived from the Latin word
cultura (agriculture, cultivation, tilling)
derived from the Latin word
cultus (care, worship, devotion; cultivated, tilled, farmed; habitation; cultivation; civilization; personal care, maintenance, grooming)
derived from the Late Latin word
colere (honor, cherish, worship; live in , inhabit; till)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-derived from the Latin word
cultum (cultivated, tilled, farmed lands)
derived from the Late Latin word
colere (honor, cherish, worship; live in , inhabit; till)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-Date
The earliest known usage of culture in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
aviculture,
counterculture,
cultural,
cultured,
culturist,
floriculture,
microculture,
monoculture,
pisciculture,
polyculture,
sandculture,
subculture,
unculture,
viniculture,
citriculture,
culturology,
acculturation,
deculturate,
culturati,
midcult,
culturingCognates
Dutch
cultuur, French
culture, German
Kultur, Italian
coltura, Italian
cultura, Latin
cultura, Lithuanian
kultura, Norwegian
kultur, Polish
kultura, Provençal
cultura, Russian
культура, Spanish
cultura, Swedish
kulturUsage
Word found in Modern English
