The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʷṓws
- Latin · derived frombos“cattle”
- English todayboviculture
From Latin bos (“cattle”) + cultura (“cultivation”); stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws which also gave Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), and English cow.
Words from the same roots
Latinbos all →
bovineboolyboviform
Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws all →
beefbuoybohemia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.