Where does “agricole” come from?
agricole (French) comes from Latin agricola, from Latin -cola, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
agricole (French): agricultural
Definitions
- agricultural
Ancestry of “agricole”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | agricola | farmer; ablative singular of agricola |
| 2 | Latin | -cola | inhabitor; tiller, cultivator; worshipper,... |
| 3 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 4 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |