Where does “apícola” come from?

apícola (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese -cola, from Latin -cola, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

apícola (Portuguese): apicultural relating to beekeeping

Definitions

  1. apicultural relating to beekeeping

Ancestry of “apícola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-colaForms nouns and adjectives with the meaning of
2Latin-colainhabitor; tiller, cultivator; worshipper,...
3Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
4Latinquelō
5Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-
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