Where does “agricultural” come from?
Agricultural derives from English agriculture, which combines Latin ager meaning field with English -al, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros meaning open land.
agricultural (English): Of or pertaining to agriculture; As if played...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to agriculture; As if played...
Ancestry of “agricultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 2 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 3 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 4 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 5 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 7 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 8 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
Words derived from “agricultural”
- Aggie
- nonagricultural
- agriculturally
- agriculturalist
- aggie
- preagricultural
- agriculturalization
- agriculturalism
- Aggieland
- antiagricultural
- agflation
- agriculturalize
- agrimation
- agriculturalise
- agripreneur
- agricultural holder
- astroagricultural
- hydroagricultural
- postagricultural
- proagricultural
- semiagricultural
- unagricultural
- agripreneurship
- preagriculturalist