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Where does “monocultura” come from?

monocultura (Italian) comes from Italian cultura, 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.

monocultura (Italian): monoculture; Variant of monocoltura

Definitions

  1. monoculture; Variant of monocoltura

Ancestry of “monocultura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianculturaculture; learning, knowledge
2Latincultūra—
3Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
4Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
6Latinquelo—
7Proto-Italickʷelō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “monocultura”

  • monoculture
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