Etymograph

English

arboreous

Arboreous comes from Latin arbor ‘tree’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘high’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘high’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃r̥dʰōsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arðōs‘tree’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEarbōs
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbor‘tree’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1575arboreous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘high’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃r̥dʰōsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arðōs‘tree’reconstructed
  4. Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEarbōs
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbor‘tree’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1575arboreous

Earliest quotation: 1575, John Banister, A Needefull: “And those fruites whiche Galene calleth arboreous, are those…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘high’

arduous, 28 more

Today it means

adj Having the characteristics of a tree. (of a plant)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- / arboreous

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