Where does “serricoltura” come from?
serricoltura (Italian) comes from Italian serra, from Italian serrare, from Vulgar Latin serrare, from Latin serāre, from Latin sēra, from Latin serō, from Latin sērus, from Proto-Italic swerjos — to ache; to fester; wound; injury.
serricoltura (Italian): greenhouse farming
Definitions
- greenhouse farming
Ancestry of “serricoltura”, step by step
serricoltura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian serra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | serra | greenhouse, glasshouse; third-person singular... |
| 2 | Italian | serrare | to close, shut; to clamp |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | serrare | close, shut; to close, shut; inflection of... |
| 4 | Latin | serāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | sēra | a bar or bolt for fastening doors |
| 6 | Latin | serō | to sow, plant |
| 7 | Latin | sērus | late, too late |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | swerjos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swer-yo-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swer- | to ache; to fester; wound; injury |
via Italian coltura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | coltura | cultivation; culture |
| 2 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |