Where does “kultivar” come from?
kultivar (Ido) comes from Russian культивировать, from German kultivieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
kultivar (Ido): to cultivate: till; to raise, as plant or crop,...
Definitions
- to cultivate: till; to raise, as plant or crop,...
Ancestry of “kultivar”, step by step
kultivar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian культивировать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | культивировать | to cultivate, to raise; to cultivate, to develop |
| 2 | German | kultivieren | to cultivate |
| 3 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English cultivar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cultivar | A cultivated variety of a plant species or... |
| 2 | English | variety | The quality of being varied; diversity; A... |
| 3 | Middle French | varieté | variety |
| 4 | Latin | varietās | difference, diversity, variety |
| 5 | Latin | varius | diverse, different, various, variegated |
| 6 | Latin | vārus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |