- cultivate (v.)
[cultivate 词源字典]
- early 17c., from Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare "to cultivate," from Late Latin cultivus "tilled," from Latin cultus (see cult). Figurative sense of "improve by training or education" is from 1680s. Related: Cultivable; cultivated; cultivating.[cultivate etymology, cultivate origin, 英语词源]