Where does “horticultor” come from?
horticultor (Catalan) comes from Portuguese -cultor, from Latin cultor, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
horticultor (Catalan): horticulturalist, gardener
Definitions
- horticulturalist, gardener
Ancestry of “horticultor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | -cultor | Expresses the notion of cultivator or creator |
| 2 | Latin | cultor | Someone who bestows care or labor upon something;... |
| 3 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 4 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |