culturelike

culturelike

English

Etymology

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
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English culturelike

    From culture + -like.

    Adjective

    culturelike (comparative more culturelike, superlative most culturelike)

    1. Resembling or characteristic of culture.
      • 1978, Bill Seay, Nathan Gottfried, The development of behavior, page 170:
        Certainly, learning from elders how to exploit the environment is a culturelike phenomenon.
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