English
agrostology
Agrostology comes from Ancient Greek ἄγρωστις ‘grass’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγρωστιςágrōstis‘grass’
- Englishearliest quotation 1986agrostology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄγρωστιςágrōstis‘grass’
- Englishearliest quotation 1986agrostology
Earliest quotation: 1986, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie: “From 1905 to 1936 she collaborated with Albert Spear…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἄγρωστις
Today it means
noun The scientific study of grasses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄγρωστις / agrostology