husbandry
English
/ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/, /ˈhʌzb(ə)ndɹi/
noun
Definitions
- The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
- The prudent management or conservation of resources.
- (now) Administration or management of day-to-day matters.
- (obsolete) Agricultural or cultivated land.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bondri suffix from English husband.
Origin
English
husband
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bond English
- co-husband English
- cyberhusband English
- ex-husband English
- house English
- househusband English
- husband English
- husband-in-law English
- husbandable English
- husbandage English
- husbander English
- husbandhood English
- husbandless English
- husbandlike English
- husbandly English
- husbandman English
- husbandship English
- husbandwoman English
- merhusband English
- midhusband English
- ハズ Japanese
- ハズバンド Japanese
- hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bondri Middle English
- husbonde Middle English