Where does “agriculture” come from?

Agriculture comes from Latin agricultura, combining Latin ager meaning field with a derivative of Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros, ultimately from the root kʷel- meaning to turn or move around.

agriculture (English): The art or science of cultivating the ground,...

Definitions

  1. The art or science of cultivating the ground,...

Ancestry of “agriculture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishagriculture

Words derived from “agriculture

Every word from Middle English agriculture