English
agrarian
Agrarian comes from Latin agrārius ‘of the land’, from ager ‘field’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵros‘field, pasturage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agros‘field’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEager‘field’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagrārius‘of the land’stem of ager
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600agrarien
- Englishtodayagrarian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵros‘field, pasturage’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agros‘field’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEager‘field’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEagrārius‘of the land’stem of ager
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600agrarien
- Englishtodayagrarian
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, suggest, agency, actor, agent, register, strategy, essay, agenda, gesture, activate, digest, congestion, ambiguous, squat, agony, ambiguity, assay, agile, agility, belligerent, agitation, antagonist, axiom, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, ingest, actuator, cogent, agonist, radium, antagonism, agitate, actuation, samaj, 150 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros / agrarian