georgic

Meaningrelating to farming

Common meaning: poem about rural life or farming

georgicrelating to farmingSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 231 · scan

Journey through time

Greekgeōrgikos‘relating to farming’source
Latingeorgica‘poems about farming’source
Englishgeorgic‘poem about rural life or farming’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Greek geōrgikos ‘relating to farming’.

Roots

geōrgikos Greek “relating to farming”

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