Agriculture

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late Middle English: from Latin agricultura, from ager, agr- ‘field’ + cultura ‘growing, cultivation’.

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Borrowed from Latin agricultura, from ager(“field”) + cultura(“cultivation”). See acre and culture.

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agriculture (n.)

mid-15c., "tillage, cultivation of large areas of land to provide food," from Late Latin agricultura "cultivation of the land," a contraction of agri cultura "cultivation of land," from agri, genitive of ager "a field" (from PIE root *agro- "field") + cultura "cultivation" (see culture (n.)). In Old English, the idea could be expressed by eorðtilþ.