culture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The customs, beliefs, art, and way of life of a particular group or society.

   I love learning about other countries and their cultures.

2. 2
   noun

   The attitudes and behavior typical of a particular group or organization.

   The company has a strong culture of teamwork.

3. 3
   noun

   A group of microorganisms grown in a special substance for scientific study.

   The scientist examined a culture of bacteria under the microscope.

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Simplified etymology

Culture goes back to Latin colere, “to cultivate.” In late Middle English it meant cultivation of the soil, then extended in the early 16th century to cultivation of the mind or manners. Its broad association with the arts and human achievement dates from the early 19th century.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, to grow, worship”) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

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