Where does “alpiculteur” come from?
alpiculteur (French) comes from French -culteur, from Latin cultor, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
alpiculteur (French): alpine farmer
Definitions
- alpine farmer
Ancestry of “alpiculteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | -culteur | indicates a grower or a keep of something,... |
| 2 | Latin | cultor | Someone who bestows care or labor upon something;... |
| 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 |