Etymology

silviculture

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Today it means: The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sel-der.?
  2. Latinsilva
  3. Englishsilva
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  7. Latincolō
  8. Latincultūra
  9. Middle Frenchculture
  10. Englishculture
  11. English todaysilviculture

From silvi- + culture. From Latin silva (“forest”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).

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