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Where does “pollicoltore” come from?

pollicoltore (Italian) comes from Italian pollicoltura, from Italian coltura, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

pollicoltore (Italian): chicken or poultry breeder or farmer

Definitions

  1. chicken or poultry breeder or farmer

Ancestry of “pollicoltore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpollicolturachicken or poultry rearing
2Italiancolturacultivation; culture
3Latincultūra—
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo—
8Proto-Italickʷelō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →