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Where does “vitivinicoltore” come from?

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

vitivinicoltore (Italian): winegrower

Definitions

  1. winegrower

Ancestry of “vitivinicoltore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvitivinicolturawinegrowing
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
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