Where does “rizicultor” come from?

rizicultor (Romanian) comes from French riziculteur, from French riziculture, from French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.

rizicultor (Romanian): rice grower

Definitions

  1. rice grower

Ancestry of “rizicultor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchriziculteurrice grower, rice farmer
2Frenchriziculturerice growing
3Frenchculturecrop; culture
4Latincultūracare, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry
5Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
6Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
8Latinquelo
9Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéletiEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷelō