Etymograph

English

agriculture

Agriculture comes from Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from Latin agricultūra (ager ‘field’ + cultūra).

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagricultūra
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600agricultureuncertain
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500agriculture
  4. Englishtodayagriculture

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagricultūra
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600agricultureuncertain
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500agriculture
  4. Englishtodayagriculture

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’

cultivation, cultivate, 65 more

through Latin colō ‘to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care…’

colony, cult, coulee, 69 more

through Latin cultūra ‘care, cultivation’

cultural, aquaculture, subculture, monoculture, kultur, 60 more

Today it means

noun The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin agricultūra / agriculture

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