bucolic
English
/bjuːˈkɒlɪk/, /bjuˈkɑlɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
- Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.
- Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin būcolicus derived from Ancient Greek βουκολικός (rustic, meter used by pastoral poets, pastoral, cowherds) root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷel-
Gloss
turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bucolically English
- columnist English
- cult English
- decollate English
- decollation English
- horticulture English
- telegram English
- teletype English
- telic English
- telicity English
- Colōnia Agrippīna Latin
- ad- Latin
- agricola Latin
- agricultura Latin
- bucolicus Latin
- būcolicus Latin
- collum Latin
- collāris Latin
- colo Latin
- colonia Latin
- colonus Latin
- columna Latin
- colōnia Latin
- cultura Latin
- cultus Latin
- cultōrem Latin
- cultūra Latin
- viscericola Latin
- bucolico Italian
- telefonata Italian
- telefonatore Italian
- telefonatrice Italian
- bucolisch Dutch, Flemish
- tele- Dutch, Flemish
- telegraferen Dutch, Flemish
- telegrafisch Dutch, Flemish
- telescoop Dutch, Flemish
- bucolique French
- télégraphe French
- télégraphie French
- téléphone French
- télévision French
- bucólico Spanish, Castilian
- βουκολικός Ancient Greek
- βουκόλος Ancient Greek
- κυκλοτερής Ancient Greek
- κύκλος Ancient Greek
- πάλαι Ancient Greek
- πέλω Ancient Greek
- περιπλόμενος Ancient Greek
- πλήμνη Ancient Greek
- πόλος Ancient Greek
- τέλειος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τελέω Ancient Greek
- τηλεσκόπος Ancient Greek
- τῆλε Ancient Greek
- ἀνατολή Ancient Greek
- *(s)kel- Proto-Indo-European
- *-kʷolos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷowkólos, *gʷow-kólos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-kʷol-ó-s, *h₂m̥bʰikʷolós Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷekʷlóm Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥His Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷl̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolso- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷolsom Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷukʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷékʷlos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷéleti Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷélus Proto-Indo-European
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- bucólico Portuguese
- culto Portuguese
- आचार Sanskrit
- चर् Sanskrit
- चलति Sanskrit
- চৰতি, चरति Sanskrit
- inquilinus Old Norse
- *kolo Proto-Slavic
- چالش Persian
- چریدن Persian
- dychwelyd Welsh
- pell Welsh
- klaips Latvian
- հոլով Old Armenian
- စက်ဘီး Burmese
- *čárati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- aṅklautkatte Tocharian B
- *palaiós, *palai(y)ós Proto-Hellenic
- *kaklas bat-pro