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Where does “apicoltore” come from?

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

apicoltore (Italian): apiarist, beekeeper

Definitions

  1. apiarist, beekeeper

Ancestry of “apicoltore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianapicolturabeekeeping
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- →