horticulture
/ˈhɔːtɪˌkʌltʃə/HAWR-tih-kuhl-chur
/ˈhɔɹtɪˌkʌltʃɚ/HAWR-tih-kuhl-chur
Meaninggarden tending
Common meaning: the art of growing gardens
- horta gardenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 866 · scan
- cultto till, tend; to dwell in; to honourLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 370 (approximate) · scan
- urenoun ending: result or process
‘a garden’ + ‘to till, tend’ → horticulture
Journey through time
- hort — Latin hortus “a garden” (path traced)
- cult — Latin colō, coluī, cultum “to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour” (path traced)
- Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAR‘seize, grasp, hold, contain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 113, p. 734 · scan
- Latinhortus + colō, coluī, cultum‘a garden + to till, tend’
- Englishhorticulture‘the art of growing gardens’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin hortus ‘a garden’ + Latin colō ‘to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry colō, p. 370 · dictionary scan
Roots
- colō, coluī, cultum Latin “to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour”
- hortus Latin “a garden”
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