Where does “microcultivation” come from?
microcultivation (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.
microcultivation (English): Very small-scale cultivation (typically of cannabis for personal use)
Definitions
- Very small-scale cultivation (typically of cannabis for personal use)
Ancestry of “microcultivation”, step by step
microcultivation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultivation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivation | The art or act of cultivating; improvement of... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cultivatus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cultivo | I till, cultivate; till, cultivate |
| 4 | Latin | cultivus | tilled |
| 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 |