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Where does “aquaculturist” come from?

aquaculturist (English) comes from English aquaculture, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.

aquaculturist (English): A person involved in aquaculture

Definitions

  1. A person involved in aquaculture

Ancestry of “aquaculturist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaquacultureThe cultivation of aquatic produce such as...
2EnglishcultureThe arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and...
3Middle Frenchculturecultivation; culture
4Latincultūra—
5Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
6Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
8Latinquelo—
9Proto-Italickʷelō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →