Etymology

apiculture

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Today it means: The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Englishapi-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  4. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  5. Latincolō
  6. Latincultūra
  7. Middle Frenchculture
  8. Englishculture
  9. English todayapiculture

From api- (“bee”) + culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.