Etymology

equiculture

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Today it means: The rearing and care of horses. Full definition →

Proto-Italic *ekwos ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁éḱwos“horse”
  2. Proto-Italic · derived from*ekwos
  3. English todayequiculture

From Latin equus (“horse”) + cultura (“cultivation”); stem equus from Proto-Italic *ekwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos all →

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