English
cymose
Cymose comes from Latin cȳmōsus ‘full of shoots’, from Ancient Greek κῦμα ‘swell, wave, billow’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewh₁-‘to swell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱuh₁éyetireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύωkúō‘to be pregnant, I conceive’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκῦμα‘swell, wave, billow’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcȳma‘young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcȳmōsus‘full of shoots’
- Englishtodaycymose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewh₁-‘to swell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱuh₁éyetireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύωkúō‘to be pregnant, I conceive’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκῦμα‘swell, wave, billow’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcȳma‘young sprout or spring shoot of cabbage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcȳmōsus‘full of shoots’
- Englishtodaycymose
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
church, jail, cave, cage, kirk, cavity, excavation, hound, gaol, excavate, cumulus, cajole, caul, cavil, 40 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁éyeti
Today it means
adj having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- / cymose