Etymology

aquaculture

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Today it means: The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
  2. Proto-Italic*akʷā
  3. Latinaqua
  4. Middle Englishaqua
  5. Englishaqua-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincultūra
  11. Middle Frenchculture
  12. Englishculture
  13. English todayaquaculture

From aqua- + culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.