English
alutaceous
Alutaceous comes from Latin aluta ‘soft leather’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaluta‘soft leather’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalutacius
- Englishearliest quotation 1877alutaceous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaluta‘soft leather’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalutacius
- Englishearliest quotation 1877alutaceous
Earliest quotation: 1877, Transactions of the American Entomologic: “Elytra a little longer than wide conjointly, finely striate,…”
Every English word from Latin aluta
Today it means
adj leathery in color or texture.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin aluta / alutaceous