cult / col
to till, to cultivate, to inhabit
Latin · colere / cultus
Latin colere means to till land, care for, and inhabit. Words with cult and col are about farming, care and settling: agriculture tills fields, a colony is a settlement, culture is care of the mind.
Memory trick
Cult: a farmer tills the field and a cultivated crop grows.
Words from this root
- agriculture (agri + cult + ure) — the tilling of fieldsखेती
- agricultural (agri + cult + ural) — about farmingकृषि संबंधी
- aquaculture (aqua + cult + ure) — farming in waterजलकृषि
- apiculture (api + cult + ure) — keeping beesमधुमक्खी पालन
- horticulture (horti + cult + ure) — garden growingबागवानी
- monoculture (mono + cult + ure) — growing one crop onlyएक ही फ़सल की खेती
- cultivate (cult + ivate) — to prepare land and growखेती करना, विकसित करना
- culture (cult + ure) — the care of mind, customs of a peopleसंस्कृति
- cultural (cult + ural) — about customs and artsसांस्कृतिक
- multicultural (multi + cult + ural) — of many culturesबहुसांस्कृतिक
- cult (cult) — a group devoted to one beliefपंथ, संप्रदाय
- colony (col + ony) — a settlement far from homeउपनिवेश
- colonist (col + on + ist) — a person who settles a colonyउपनिवेशवासी
- colonize (col + on + ize) — to settle and control a landउपनिवेश बनाना