Etymology

silviculturist

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Today it means: someone who practices silviculture; a forester Full definition →

English silviculture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  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. Englishsilviculture
  12. English todaysilviculturist

From silviculture + -ist.

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