Etymograph

English

arboresce

Arboresce comes from Latin arboresco ‘to become a tree’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘upright, high’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘upright, 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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarboresco‘to become a tree’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1805arboresce

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘upright, 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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarboresco‘to become a tree’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1805arboresce

Earliest quotation: 1805, Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: “The arteries arboresce copiously upon the reticular coat of…”

Linked words

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

arduous, 28 more

Today it means

verb To become a tree or tree-like, branching.

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

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

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