Etymology

viticulturist

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Today it means: A person who grows grapevines. Full definition →

English viticulture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéh₁itis
  3. Proto-Italic*wītis
  4. Latinvītis
  5. Englishviti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincultūra
  11. Middle Frenchculture
  12. Englishculture
  13. Englishviticulture
  14. English todayviticulturist

From viticulture + -ist.

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