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cultivation
Cultivation comes from Medieval Latin cultīvō ‘to cultivate’, from Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- ‘to move, to turn (around), to revolve around,…’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to till, cultivate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultus‘tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated’perfect passive participle of colō
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cultīvōas cultivātus‘to cultivate’
- Englishtodaycultivation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷelh₁-‘to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kʷélh₁etireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷelō‘to inhabit’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolō‘to till, cultivate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcultus‘tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated’perfect passive participle of colō
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cultīvōas cultivātus‘to cultivate’
- Englishtodaycultivation
Formed from -ion
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *kʷelō ‘to inhabit’
agriculture, aquaculture, subculture, monoculture, 66 more
through Latin colō ‘to till, cultivate’
Today it means
noun The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as: Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- / cultivation