Where does “smart farming” come from?
smart farming (English) comes from English farming, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
smart farming (English): A type of farming that takes advantage of information technology in order to maximise efficiency or product yield; most commonly via tracking, automation and big data analysis
Definitions
- A type of farming that takes advantage of information technology in order to maximise efficiency or product yield; most commonly via tracking, automation and big data analysis
Ancestry of “smart farming”, step by step
smart farming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English farming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | farming | The business of cultivating land, raising stocks... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English Smart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Smart | — |
| 2 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 3 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 4 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |