English
agrihorticulture
Agrihorticulture comes from Latin ager ‘field’, and goes back to 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’
- English1500–presenthorticulture
- Englishtodayagrihorticulture
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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’
- English1500–presenthorticulture
- Englishtodayagrihorticulture
A compound of agri- + horticulture
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’
Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’
Latin ager ‘field’
English agri-
Latin *horticultūra
English horticulture
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, agency, suggest, strategy, actual, agent, actor, register, essay, agenda, digest, activate, ambiguous, gesture, congestion, squat, agony, ambiguity, agile, assay, antagonist, agility, axiom, progesterone, agitation, belligerent, gestation, ingestion, ingest, radium, antagonism, agonist, cogent, actuator, agitate, antagonize, samaj, 149 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’
through Latin ager ‘field’
through English horticulture
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros / agrihorticulture