English
culturelike
Culturelike comes from Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’, from Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-1‘to turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁eti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō1‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō1‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūra1‘care, cultivation’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600culture1
- English1500–presentculture1
- Englishearliest quotation 1978culturelike1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English culturelike
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1978, Bill Seay, Nathan Gottfried: “Certainly, learning from elders how to exploit the environment…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-Wiktionary, English culturelike‘to turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etiWiktionary, English culturelikereconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelōWiktionary, English culturelike‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolōWiktionary, English culturelike‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultūraWiktionary, English culturelike‘care, cultivation’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cultureWiktionary, English culturelike
- English1500–presentcultureWiktionary, English culturelike
- Englishearliest quotation 1978culturelikeWiktionary, English culturelike. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1978, Bill Seay, Nathan Gottfried: “Certainly, learning from elders how to exploit the environment…”
A compound of culture + -like
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to turn’
…
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, 67 more
through Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’
through English culture
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of culture.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “culturelike”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- / culturelike