coproculture
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The culture of feces, typically in order to detect microorganisms within it.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷr̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷ-ro-sder. Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros) English copro- 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 coproculture From copro- + culture.