Agrarian
/əˈɡrɛəriən/noun
Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.
Did you know?The word 'agrarian' stems from the Latin 'ager', meaning 'field', connecting it to ancient rituals of fertility and harvest blessings.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*agro-
“field, land”
Latin
Latin
ager
“field, land, countryside”
Old French
Old French
agrarien
“pertaining to land or farming”
Middle English
Middle English
agrarien
“of or relating to fields or land cultivation”
Modern English
English
agrarian
“pertaining to the cultivation or ownership of land”
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