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Where does “ortofloricoltore” come from?

ortofloricoltore (Italian) comes from Italian floricoltore, from Italian floricoltura, from Italian cultura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.

ortofloricoltore (Italian): vegetable and flower grower

Definitions

  1. vegetable and flower grower

Ancestry of “ortofloricoltore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfloricoltoreflower grower
2Italianfloricolturaflower-growing, floriculture
3Italianculturaculture; learning, knowledge
4Latincultūra—
5Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
6Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
8Latinquelo—
9Proto-Italickʷelō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
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