Where does “uncultivable” come from?
uncultivable (English) comes from English cultivable, from French cultivable, from French cultiver, from Medieval Latin cultivare, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
uncultivable (English): Not capable of cultivation
Definitions
- Not capable of cultivation
Ancestry of “uncultivable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cultivable | Capable of being cultivated or farmed |
| 2 | French | cultivable | cultivable |
| 3 | French | cultiver | to cultivate |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cultivare | — |
| 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 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |