Where does “agrarian” come from?

Agrarian comes from Middle French agrarien, from Latin agrarius, derived from Latin ager meaning field, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros with the same sense.

agrarian (English): Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and...

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and...

Ancestry of “agrarian”, step by step

agrarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French agrarien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchagrarienagrarian
2Latinagrariusagrarian
3Latinagerfield, farm; land, estate, park; territory
4Proto-Italicagrosfield
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage

via French agrarien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagrarienagrarian

Words derived from “agrarian

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵrosEvery word from Proto-Italic agrosEvery word from Latin ager