Where does “horticultural” come from?
Horticultural comes from English horticulture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultura meaning tending or cultivation, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- meaning to turn or move around.
horticultural (English): Of or pertaining to horticulture; connected with...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to horticulture; connected with...
Ancestry of “horticultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | horticulture | The art or science of cultivating gardens;... |
| 2 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 3 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |