Where does “cultigroup” come from?
cultigroup (English) comes from English cultivar, from English variety, from Middle French varieté, from Latin varietās, from Latin varius, from Latin vārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
cultigroup (English): A formal taxonomic category for assembling...
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- A formal taxonomic category for assembling...
Ancestry of “cultigroup”, step by step
cultigroup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultivar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivar | A cultivated variety of a plant species or... |
| 2 | English | variety | The quality of being varied; diversity; A... |
| 3 | Middle French | varieté | variety |
| 4 | Latin | varietās | difference, diversity, variety |
| 5 | Latin | varius | diverse, different, various, variegated |
| 6 | Latin | vārus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English Group
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Group | A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another |
| 2 | French | groupe | group |
| 3 | Italian | gruppo | group, cluster, party, team, covey; pack; peloton |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cruppo | — |
| 5 | Renaissance Latin | grupus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |