Agriculture is the science and business of farming. Study agriculture, modern agriculture, the ministry of agriculture.
It uses about half the world's habitable land and most of its fresh water, which is why every argument about climate and nature runs through it. It began independently in several places about ten thousand years ago. The Latin means field cultivation.
1nounagricultureThe science and business of farming.
“Most people in the region still earn their living from agriculture, growing rice and vegetables.”
agriculture is an industry.
Latin agricultura is ager, a field, plus cultura, cultivation. Acre and culture are relatives.
Proto-Indo-European
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Middle French
agriculture
Middle English
agriculture
English, today
agriculture
Built from
From Middle English agriculture, from Middle French 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA