Where does “noncultivable” come from?
noncultivable (English) comes from English cultivable, from French cultivable, from French cultiver, from Medieval Latin cultivare, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
noncultivable (English): Not cultivable
Definitions
- Not cultivable
Ancestry of “noncultivable”, step by step
noncultivable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultivable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivable | Capable of being cultivated or farmed |
| 2 | French | cultivable | cultivable |
| 3 | French | cultiver | to cultivate |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cultivare | — |
| 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 |