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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

  1. mulberry grower

Ancestry of “gelsicoltore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangelsicolturamulberry growing
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
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