Tilth
/tɪlθ/noun
Cultivated land or the condition of being well prepared for planting.
Did you know?Tilth comes from the same old Germanic root as *till*—originally meaning to labor or cultivate—so the word carries the ancient idea that land must be worked before it can be made fruitful.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*tilōną / *tilianą
“to cultivate, prepare, or strive toward an end”
Old English
OE
tilþ
“cultivation; the state of being tilled”
Middle English
ME
tilthe
“tilled land; cultivation”
Modern English
English
tilth
“the condition of soil or land being prepared for planting”