Etymology

aviculture

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Today it means: The rearing and care of birds (especially poultry) Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
  3. Proto-Italic*awis
  4. Latinavis
  5. Englishavi-
  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 todayaviculture

From avi- + culture.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.