Where does “cultivare” come from?
cultivare (Romanian) comes from Romanian cultiva, from French cultiver, from Medieval Latin cultivare, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
cultivare (Romanian): cultivation
Definitions
- cultivation
Ancestry of “cultivare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cultiva | to cultivate |
| 2 | French | cultiver | to cultivate |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | cultivare | — |
| 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 | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |