Where does “ortofrutticoltura” come from?
ortofrutticoltura (Italian) comes from Italian frutticoltura, from Italian coltura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
ortofrutticoltura (Italian): fruit and vegetable growing; market gardening
Definitions
- fruit and vegetable growing; market gardening
Ancestry of “ortofrutticoltura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | frutticoltura | fruit growing |
| 2 | Italian | coltura | cultivation; culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 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 |