Where does “cultipacker” come from?
cultipacker (English) comes from English cultivator, from English cultivate, from Latin cultivātus, from Latin cultivō, from Latin cultīvus, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo — to turn.
cultipacker (English): A piece of agricultural equipment that crushes dirt clods, removes air pockets, and presses down small stones, forming a smooth, firm seedbed
Definitions
- A piece of agricultural equipment that crushes dirt clods, removes air pockets, and presses down small stones, forming a smooth, firm seedbed
Ancestry of “cultipacker”, step by step
cultipacker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultivator
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivator | Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the... |
| 2 | English | cultivate | To grow plants, notably crops; To nurture; to... |
| 3 | Latin | cultivātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | cultivō | to cultivate |
| 5 | Latin | cultīvus | — |
| 6 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 7 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 9 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English packer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | packer | A person whose business is to pack things;... |
| 2 | Middle English | pakker | A packer; one who supervises packing |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |