- cultivation (n.)
[cultivation 词源字典]
- c. 1700, of knowledge, etc., a figurative use, from French cultivation (16c.), noun of action from cultiver, from Latin cultivare "to till" (see cultivate). Meaning "raising of a plant or crop" is from 1719; literal sense of "tilling of the land" is from 1725.[cultivation etymology, cultivation origin, 英语词源]