English
arboricity
Arboricity comes from Latin arbor ‘tree’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘high’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃r̥dʰōsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arðōs‘tree’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEarbōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbor‘tree’
- Englishtodayarboricity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃erdʰ-‘high’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃r̥dʰōsreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*arðōs‘tree’reconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEarbōs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbor‘tree’
- Englishtodayarboricity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- ‘high’
through Latin arbor ‘tree’
Today it means
noun The minimum number of forests into which the edges of an undirected graph may be partitioned.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- / arboricity