Etymology

plasticulture

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Today it means: The use of plastics in agriculture. Full definition →

English agriculture ← Middle English agriculture ← Latin agricultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Middle Frenchagriculture
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  10. Proto-Italic*agros
  11. Latinager
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  14. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  15. Latincolō
  16. Latincultūra
  17. Latinagricultūra
  18. Middle Englishagriculture
  19. Englishagriculture
  20. English todayplasticulture

Blend of plastic + agriculture.

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