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Where does “silviculturist” come from?

silviculturist (English) comes from English silviculture, from English culture, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.

silviculturist (English): someone who practices silviculture; a forester

Definitions

  1. someone who practices silviculture; a forester

Ancestry of “silviculturist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsilvicultureThe care and development of forests in order to...
2EnglishcultureThe arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and...
3Middle Frenchculturecultivation; culture
4Latincultūra—
5Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
6Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
8Latinquelo—
9Proto-Italickʷelō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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