Etymograph

English

fabaceous

Fabaceous comes from Latin fabaceus ‘Containing beans’, from faba ‘bean’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *fabā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fabā‘bean’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaba‘bean’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabaceus‘Containing beans’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1870fabaceous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fabā‘bean’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaba‘bean’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfabaceus‘Containing beans’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1870fabaceous

Earliest quotation: 1870, Shirley Hibberd, Field Flowers a Handy-book for the Rambling Botanist ...: “The fabaceous plants rank second only to the grasses…”

Equivalent to faba + -aceous

Linked words

through Latin faba ‘bean’

fava, 5 more

Today it means

adj Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *fabā / fabaceous

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