horticulturist
/ˌhɔːtɪˈkʌltʃəɪst/hawr-tih-KUHL-chur-ist
/ˌhɔɹtɪˈkʌltʃɚɪst/hawr-tih-KUHL-chur-ist
Meaningone skilled in horticulture
Common meaning: a gardener by trade
- horta gardenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 866 · scan
- cultto till, tend; to dwell in; to honourLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 370 (approximate) · scan
- urnoun ending: result or process
- ista person who does or follows
‘a garden’ + ‘to till, tend’ → horticulturist
Journey through time
hort Latin hortus “a garden”
- Latinhortus
cult Latin colō, coluī, cultum “to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour”
- Latincolō, coluī, cultum
Parts join in English as horticulture.
- Proto-Indo-European*ghar-‘seize, grasp, hold, contain’source
- Englishhorticulture‘the art of growing gardens’
- Englishformed in English from horticulturehorticulturist‘a gardener by trade’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from horticulture + -ist.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), HORTICULTURE, p.272 · scan
Roots
- colō, coluī, cultum Latin “to till, tend; to dwell in; to honour”
- hortus Latin “a garden”
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