cultivation的词源

英文词源

cultivation (n.)

c. 1700, of knowledge, etc., a figurative use, from French cultivation (16c.), noun of action from cultiver, from Latin cultivare "to till" (see cultivate). Meaning "raising of a plant or crop" is from 1719; literal sense of "tilling of the land" is from 1725.

中文词源

cultivation：耕作，种植；教养，修养

词根词缀： -cult-培育 + -ive形容词词尾(e略) + -ation名词词尾

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