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Where does “incultivable” come from?

incultivable (French) comes from French cultivable, from French cultiver, from Medieval Latin cultivare, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

incultivable (French): uncultivable, unworkable

Definitions

  1. uncultivable, unworkable

Ancestry of “incultivable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcultivablecultivable
2Frenchcultiverto cultivate
3Medieval Latincultivare—
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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