English Explanatory Dictionary

underculture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A subculture, a non-dominant culture of a portion of a society, as opposed to the society's overculture.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underculture.wav

Word forms

underculture undercultures

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- 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 English underculture From under- + culture.

Related words

subculture

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