Where does “cultiva” come from?
cultiva (Romanian) comes from French cultiver, from Medieval Latin cultivare, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
cultiva (Romanian): to cultivate
Definitions
- to cultivate
Ancestry of “cultiva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cultiver | to cultivate |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | cultivare | — |
| 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 |