Etymograph

English

exfoliation

Exfoliation comes from Latin exfoliō ‘to strip of leaves’, from folium ‘a leaf’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *foljom.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*foljomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘a leaf’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexfoliōas exfoliare‘to strip of leaves’
  4. Englishtodayexfoliation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*foljomreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘a leaf’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexfoliōas exfoliare‘to strip of leaves’
  4. Englishtodayexfoliation

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- ‘to well forth, spring forth’

lue, thallium, thallus, 6 more

through Latin folium ‘a leaf’

foil, folio, folic, 22 more

Today it means

noun The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *foljom / exfoliation

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