Where does “overcultivate” come from?
overcultivate (English) comes from English cultivate, from Latin cultivātus, from Latin cultivō, from Latin cultīvus, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
overcultivate (English): To cultivate excessively
Definitions
- To cultivate excessively
Ancestry of “overcultivate”, step by step
overcultivate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultivate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivate | To grow plants, notably crops; To nurture; to... |
| 2 | Latin | cultivātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | cultivō | to cultivate |
| 4 | Latin | cultīvus | — |
| 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 |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |