English
acutifoliate
Acutifoliate comes from Latin acutifolius ‘sharp-leafed’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacutifolius‘sharp-leafed’
- Englishtodayacutifoliate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacutifolius‘sharp-leafed’
- Englishtodayacutifoliate
A compound of acutus ‘sharp’ + folium ‘leaf’
Latin acuō ‘sharpen, make sharp’
Latin acutus ‘sharp’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘blossom, flower’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom ‘leaf’
Latin folium ‘leaf’
Every English word from Latin acutifolius
Today it means
adj Having sharp-pointed leaves.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin acutifolius / acutifoliate