Etymology

georgic

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Today it means: A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating land, etc. Full definition →

Latin georgicum
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  1. Latin · derived fromgeorgicum
  2. English todaygeorgic

From Latin georgicum, georgicus, from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

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