Meaning

noun a particular society at a particular time and place

noun the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

noun all the knowledge and values shared by a society

originEtymology 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 From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till,…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0