The story
- Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéh₁itis
- Proto-Italic*wītis
- Latinvītis
- Englishviti-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- English todayviticulture
From viti- + culture, from Latin vītis + cultūra (“cultivation of the vine, vine-growing”). Compare agriculture.
Words from the same roots
Latinvītis all →
visefeezevine staffvitaceous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.