English
heliciculture
Heliciculture comes from Latin helix ‘a kind of ivy’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἕλιξ ‘something twisted’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕλιξhélix‘something twisted’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhelix‘a kind of ivy’
- Englishtodayheliciculture
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἕλιξhélix‘something twisted’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhelix‘a kind of ivy’
- Englishtodayheliciculture
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn’
well, walk, wall, volume, revolution, evolution, involve, valve, evolve, vault, revolt, vulgar, waltz, convoluted, voluminous, divulge, vagrant, wale, vulva, convolution, gauche, vulgate, involution, voluble, valvular, valise, 75 more
through Ancient Greek εἰλέω ‘to turn, wind’
through Latin helix ‘a kind of ivy’
Today it means
noun snail farming
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἕλιξ / heliciculture