Where does “agropesticide” come from?
agropesticide (English) comes from English pesticide, from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest, from Old Church Slavonic пещь, from Proto-Slavic peťь, from Proto-Slavic peťi, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektei, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti.
agropesticide (English): An agricultural (rather than horticultural) pesticide
Definitions
- An agricultural (rather than horticultural) pesticide
Ancestry of “agropesticide”, step by step
agropesticide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pesticide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pesticide | Anything, especially a synthetic substance but... |
| 2 | English | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 3 | Hungarian | Pest | One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest |
| 4 | Old Church Slavonic | пещь | oven, stove |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | peťь | oven |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | peťi | to bake; to get motivated, to put effort into, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | pektei | to bake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English agro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agro | angry |
| 2 | Italian | agro | sour, vinegary; countryside around a town |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | acrus | sour |
| 4 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 5 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |