Urbiculture
/ˈɜːr.bɪˌkʌl.tʃər/noun
The cultivation of plants and sometimes the raising of food within urban areas.
Did you know?Its second half descends from Latin colere, “to cultivate,” the same root that produced “culture,” “colony,” and “cult.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kʷel-
“To move around, turn, or dwell; a proposed ancestor of Latin colere and related cultivation vocabulary.”
Classical Latin
Latin
urbs
“A city, especially a city enclosed by walls; the source of the urban element.”
Classical Latin
Latin
colere
“To inhabit, tend, till, cultivate, or honor; the source of the culture element.”
15th Century
English
urban
“Relating to a city; borrowed from Latin urbanus, “of or belonging to a city.””
15th Century
English
culture
“Cultivation or tilling of the soil, later extended to intellectual and social cultivation.”
20th Century
English
urbiculture
“A compound term for cultivating plants or producing food in urban environments.”