Cultivate
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin cultivat- ‘prepared for crops’, from the verb cultivare, from cultiva (terra) ‘arable (land)’, from colere ‘cultivate, inhabit’.
wiktionary
From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō(“till, cultivate”), from cultīvus(“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō(“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-(“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω(pélō) and Sanskrit चरति(cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus(“inhabitant”) and anculus(“servant”).
etymonline
cultivate (v.)
by 1650s, of land, "till, prepare for crops;" by 1690s of crops, "raise or produce by tillage;" from Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare "to cultivate," from Late Latin cultivus "tilled," from Latin cultus "care, labor; cultivation," from past participle of colere "to cultivate, to till; to inhabit; to frequent, practice, respect; tend, guard," from PIE root *kwel- (1) "revolve, move round; sojourn, dwell."
Figurative sense of "improve by labor or study, devote one's attention to" is from 1680s. Meaning "court the acquaintance of (someone)" is by 1707. Related: Cultivated; cultivating.
