Where does “olericulture” come from?
olericulture (English) comes from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
olericulture (English): The field of horticulture dealing with the...
Definitions
- The field of horticulture dealing with the...
Ancestry of “olericulture”, step by step
olericulture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English culture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | culture | The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and... |
| 2 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 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 |