Where does “uncultivatable” come from?
uncultivatable (English) comes from English cultivatable, from English cultivate, from Latin cultivātus, from Latin cultivō, from Latin cultīvus, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo — to turn.
uncultivatable (English): uncultivable
Definitions
- uncultivable
Ancestry of “uncultivatable”, step by step
uncultivatable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cultivatable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivatable | cultivable |
| 2 | English | cultivate | To grow plants, notably crops; To nurture; to... |
| 3 | Latin | cultivātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | cultivō | to cultivate |
| 5 | Latin | cultīvus | — |
| 6 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 7 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 9 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |