English
balanus
Balanus comes from Latin balanus ‘an acorn’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷelh₂-‘acorn’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷə́lanosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβάλανοςbálanos‘acorn’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbalanus‘an acorn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1763balanus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷelh₂-‘acorn’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*gʷə́lanosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβάλανοςbálanos‘acorn’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbalanus‘an acorn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1763balanus
Earliest quotation: 1763, A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts an: “GLANS, in anatomy, the anterior extremity of the penis,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- ‘acorn’
through Ancient Greek βάλανος ‘acorn’
Today it means
noun The glans
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- / balanus