Etymograph

English

caulis

Caulis comes from Latin caulis ‘stalk, stem’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulis.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂ulis‘straight stalk’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaulis‘stalk, stem’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂ulis‘straight stalk’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaulis‘stalk, stem’
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin caulis ‘stalk, stem’

cole, kale, chou, gobi, 4 more

Today it means

noun Each of the main stalks which support the volutes and helices of a Corinthian capital.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulis / caulis

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