Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enculture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-cul-ture
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To enculturate.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English enculture From en- + culture.

Inflected Forms

encultures (present, singular) enculturing (participle, present) encultured (participle, past) encultured (past)

Questions

What does enculture mean?: To enculturate.
Where does enculture come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English enculture From en- + culture.

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