Where does “agrumiculture” come from?

agrumiculture (French) comes from French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

agrumiculture (French): citrus farming

Definitions

  1. citrus farming

Ancestry of “agrumiculture”, step by step

agrumiculture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French culture

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchculturecrop; culture
2Latincultūracare, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry
3Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
4Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
6Latinquelo
7Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via French agrume

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchagrumecitrus
2Italianagrumecitrus
3Medieval Latinacrumen
4Latinacersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute,...
5Proto-Italicakrissharp; sour-tasting
6Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱróssharp
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō