Etymology

olericulture

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Today it means: The field of horticulture dealing with the production, storage, processing and marketing of vegetables Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰélh₃-s
  3. Proto-Italic*helos
  4. Old Latinhelus
  5. Latinholus
  6. Latinolerī
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  10. Latincolō
  11. Latincultūra
  12. Middle Frenchculture
  13. Englishculture
  14. English todayolericulture

From Latin olerī + English culture.

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