Where does “gelsicoltore” come from?
gelsicoltore (Italian) comes from Italian gelsicoltura, from Italian coltura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
gelsicoltore (Italian): mulberry grower
Definitions
- mulberry grower
Ancestry of “gelsicoltore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | gelsicoltura | mulberry growing |
| 2 | Italian | coltura | cultivation; culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |