Where does “agronomic” come from?
Agronomic comes from French -ique, which combines French agronome from Ancient Greek ἀγρός meaning "field" with Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros.
agronomic (English): Of or pertaining to agronomy
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to agronomy
Ancestry of “agronomic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | agronomy | The science of utilizing plants, animals and... |
| 2 | French | agronomie | agronomy |
| 3 | French | agronome | agronomist |
| 4 | French | -nôme | — |
| 5 | Ido | nomo | name; noun |
| 6 | Ido | nomar | to name, call by name, say the name of |
| 7 | French | nommer | to nominate; to name, to call; to be called, to... |
| 8 | Middle French | nommer | to name |
| 9 | Old French | nomer | to name; to be called |
| 10 | Latin | nōmināre | — |
| 11 | Latin | nōminō | — |
| 12 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 13 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
Words derived from “agronomic”