Where does “precultivation” come from?

precultivation (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.

precultivation (English): cultivation prior to some other operation

Definitions

  1. cultivation prior to some other operation

Ancestry of “precultivation”, step by step

precultivation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cultivation

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-Italickʷelōto inhabit
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via English pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpreBefore; Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate; To...
2Latinpraebefore; in front; in front of
3Proto-Italicpraibefore; in front of
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpreh₂-before, in front
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō
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