Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precultural

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
precul-tur-al
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to human life or society before the development of culture.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- 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 -al English cultural English precultural From pre- + cultural.

Inflected Forms

more precultural (comparative) most precultural (superlative) pre-cultural (alternative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does precultural mean?
Pertaining to human life or society before the development of culture.
Where does precultural come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- 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 -al English cultural English precultural From pre- + cultural.

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