English
ampelopsis
Ampelopsis comes from mul-tax Ampelopsis.
- mul-taxmodernAmpelopsis
- Englishearliest quotation 1992ampelopsis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- mul-taxmodernAmpelopsis
- Englishearliest quotation 1992ampelopsis
Earliest quotation: 1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, Swann's Way: “Elsewhere, again, might be seen the first awakening of…”
A compound of ἄμπελος ‘vine’ + ὄψις ‘appearance’
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’
Ancient Greek ὄψ ‘eye’
Ancient Greek ὄψις ‘appearance’
Every English word from mul-tax Ampelopsis
Today it means
noun A vine of the genus Ampelopsis
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mul-tax Ampelopsis / ampelopsis