Etymology

cultivation

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Today it means: Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops. Full definition →

Medieval Latin cultivātus ← Middle French cultivation
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The story

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromcultivation
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromcultivātus
  3. English todaycultivation

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latincultivātus all →

cultivate

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