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Where does “incultivation” come from?

incultivation (English) comes from English cultivation, from Medieval Latin cultivatus, from Latin cultivo, from Latin cultivus, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.

incultivation (English): Lack of cultivation

Definitions

  1. Lack of cultivation

Ancestry of “incultivation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcultivationThe art or act of cultivating; improvement of...
2Medieval Latincultivatus—
3LatincultivoI till, cultivate; till, cultivate
4Latincultivustilled
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- →