Etymograph

English

arbuscle

Arbuscle comes from Latin arbuscula ‘diminutive of arbor: sapling (small 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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbuscula‘diminutive of arbor: sapling (small tree), shrub, bush’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1657arbuscle

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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEarbuscula‘diminutive of arbor: sapling (small tree), shrub, bush’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1657arbuscle

Earliest quotation: 1657, "Renodæus" Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory: “Gumme is an Arabick word, and when it is…”

Linked words

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

arduous, 25 more

through Old Latin arbōs

arboretum, arboreal, 13 more

through Latin arbor ‘tree’

arbor, 15 more

Today it means

noun A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.

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

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

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