agriculture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

   Meronyms: tillage, cropping

2. 2
   noun

   the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

3. 3
   noun

   a large-scale farming enterprise

4. 4
   noun

   the class of people engaged in growing food

Etymology

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.