Etymology

vermiculture

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Today it means: The keeping of worms, for example for commercial or horticultural reasons. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wr̥mis
  2. Proto-Italic*wormis
  3. Latinvermis
  4. Englishvermi-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  7. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  8. Latincolō
  9. Latincultūra
  10. Middle Frenchculture
  11. Englishculture
  12. English todayvermiculture

From vermi- + culture.

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