Origin and etymology of the English word "Agriculture"
Origin and etymology of English word "Agriculture"
The Sanskrit world ajra अज्र meaning a field or a plain is the origin of the following words in different languages with same or derived meanings:
Middle English aker,
Old English aecer,
Old Norse akr (cf Daager)
Old High German achar (cf Greek Acker)
Old Slovenian akkar
Gothic akrs
All the above words in different languages meaning ‘a field’;
Latin ager, a field;
Greek agros, a field;
from Sanskrit ájras, a plain
The source of the following English words is also Sanskrit world ájras, a plain.
agriculture, agrarian, culture, cultivate, cultivation, agriculturist, acre
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