Where does “cultivare” come from?
cultivare (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Ancestry of “cultivare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 2 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 4 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
Words derived from “cultivare”