Where does “recultivate” come from?
recultivate (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.
recultivate (English): To cultivate again; to make productive once again
Definitions
- To cultivate again; to make productive once again
Ancestry of “recultivate”, step by step
| 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 |