Where does “cultivation” come from?
Cultivation comes from French cultivation, a noun derived from the Latin cultivāre meaning "to till or tend land."
cultivation (English): The art or act of cultivating; improvement of...
Definitions
- The art or act of cultivating; improvement of...
Ancestry of “cultivation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | cultivatus | — |
| 2 | Latin | cultivo | I till, cultivate; till, cultivate |
| 3 | Latin | cultivus | tilled |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |