'viticultural' originates from Latin via Late Latin 'viticultura', where 'vitis' meant 'vine' and 'cultura' (from 'colere') meant 'cultivation'.

'viticultural' developed in English by adding the adjectival suffix '-al' to the noun 'viticulture', which entered English from Late Latin/Medieval Latin 'viticultura' (and via French 'viticulture').

Initially it referred directly to 'vine cultivation' (the practice itself); over time the adjective came to be used more broadly to describe anything 'relating to or characteristic of viticulture'.