Where does “agricultural” come from?
agricultural (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese agricultura, from Latin agricultūra, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
agricultural (Portuguese): agricultural
Ancestry of “agricultural”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | agricultura | agriculture, farming |
| 2 | Latin | agricultūra | — |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |