Where does “agricultor” come from?
agricultor (English) comes from Middle English agricultor, from Latin agricultor, 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.
agricultor (English): An agriculturist; a farmer
Definitions
- An agriculturist; a farmer
Ancestry of “agricultor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | agricultor | — |
| 2 | Latin | agricultor | an agriculturist, a farmer, a husbandman |
| 3 | Latin | cultor | Someone who bestows care or labor upon something;... |
| 4 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 5 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |