Where does “motocoltivatore” come from?
motocoltivatore (Italian) comes from Italian coltivatore, from Italian coltivare, from Medieval Latin cultivare, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
motocoltivatore (Italian): rotavator, rototiller
Definitions
- rotavator, rototiller
Ancestry of “motocoltivatore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | coltivatore | grower, cultivator, farmer |
| 2 | Italian | coltivare | to cultivate or grow |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | cultivare | — |
| 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 |