Etymology of the Latin word cultura
the Latin word
cultura (agriculture, cultivation, tilling)
derived from the Latin word
cultus (care, worship, devotion; cultivated, tilled, farmed; habitation; cultivation; civilization; personal care, maintenance, grooming)
derived from the Late Latin word
colere (honor, cherish, worship; live in , inhabit; till)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-derived from the Latin word
cultum (cultivated, tilled, farmed lands)
derived from the Late Latin word
colere (honor, cherish, worship; live in , inhabit; till)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kʷel-Derivations in Latin
agricultura,
culturalis,
-culturaDerivations in other languages
French
culture, French
cultured, German
Kultur, Italian
coltura, Italian
cultura, Portuguese
cultura, Spanish
cultura, Spanish
-cultura, Spanish
arboriculturaCognates
Dutch
cultuur, English
culture, French
culture, German
Kultur, Italian
coltura, Italian
cultura, Lithuanian
kultura, Norwegian
kultur, Polish
kultura, Provençal
cultura, Russian
культура, Spanish
cultura, Swedish
kultur
