ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED TERMS

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1. ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE AND RELATED TERMS

 

 

The literally meanings of term agriculture and related subjects which derived from different languages are follows:

 

1.Agriculture:-Latin word-‘ager’ meaning ‘soil’ and ‘cultura’ meaning ‘cultivation’.

 

2.Agronomy:- Greek word-‘agros’ meaning ‘field’ and ‘nomos’ means ‘manage’.

 

3.Horticulture:- Latin word-‘hortus’ meaning ‘garden’ and ‘cultura’ meaning ‘culture or growing’.

 

4.Pomology:- Latin-Greek word-Combination of Latin word ‘pomum’ meaning ‘fruit’ and greek word ‘logos’ meaning ‘discourse’