Where does “agroville” come from?
agroville (French) comes from French ville, from Middle French ville, from Old French ville, from Latin vīlla, from Latin vetera, from Latin vetus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
agroville (French): agrogorod
Definitions
- agrogorod
Ancestry of “agroville”, step by step
agroville traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French ville
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ville | town, city |
| 2 | Middle French | ville | city or town |
| 3 | Old French | ville | city or town |
| 4 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 5 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 6 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Russian агрогород
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | агрогород | agronomic town |
| 2 | Russian | агро- | — |
| 3 | Bulgarian | агроно́м | agronomist agricultural scientist |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀγρονόμος | agricultural overseer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀγρός | field, land, countryside |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | agrós | field; arable land; countryside |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵros | field, pasturage |