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Where does “acquacoltore” come from?

acquacoltore (Italian) comes from Italian acquacoltura, from Italian coltura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

acquacoltore (Italian): aquaculturist

Definitions

  1. aquaculturist

Ancestry of “acquacoltore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianacquacolturaaquaculture
2Italiancolturacultivation; culture
3Latincultūra—
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →