agriculture
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Middle French agriculturebor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin ager Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūra Latin agricultūrabor. Middle English agriculture English agriculture From Middle English agriculture, partly from Middle French agriculture and partly from its etymon Latin agricultūra, from ager (“field”) + cultūra (“cultivation”). See acre and culture.
- derived from agricultūra
- derived from agriculture
- inherited from agriculture
Definitions
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of…
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.
- Meronyms: tillage, cropping
- Near-synonym: husbandry
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at agriculture. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at agriculture. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at agriculture
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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