agriculture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals.

   Agriculture remains the main source of income in many rural areas.

2. 2
   noun

   Large-scale commercial farming as an industry.

   Modern agriculture relies on machines and chemical fertilizers.

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.

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