Where does “monoculture” come from?
monoculture (Italian) comes from Italian monocultura, from Italian cultura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
monoculture (Italian): plural of monocultura
Ancestry of “monoculture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | monocultura | monoculture; Variant of monocoltura |
| 2 | Italian | cultura | culture; learning, knowledge |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |