sarculation in the garden of weeding

topic posted Sun, January 16, 2005 - 11:02 AM by  jheem
Latin sarculatio 'hoeing' from sarculo 'to hoe' from sarculum 'hoe' from *sartlom from PIE *serp- 'sickle'. Cf. Sanskrit srni 'sickle', Latin sar(r)io 'to hoe, weed', sarpo 'to cut off, trim, prune', Greek harpe 'sickle; bird of prey', Russian serp' 'sickle'.
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