Where does “gelsicoltura” come from?

gelsicoltura (Italian) comes from Italian coltura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.

gelsicoltura (Italian): mulberry growing

Definitions

  1. mulberry growing

Ancestry of “gelsicoltura”, step by step

gelsicoltura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian coltura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancolturacultivation; culture
2Latincultūracare, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry
3Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
4Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
6Latinquelo
7Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Italian gelso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangelsomulberry tree
2ItalianCelso
3Latincelsuslofty, high, tall; haughty, arrogant, proud;...
4Latincellō
5Indo-European*kelH-

Words derived from “gelsicoltura

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō