English
farinulent
Farinulent comes from Latin farīnula ‘a small amount of flour or meal’, and goes back to far ‘kind of grain’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfar‘kind of grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīna‘flour, meal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīnula‘a small amount of flour or meal’
- Englishtodayfarinulent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfar‘kind of grain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīna‘flour, meal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfarīnula‘a small amount of flour or meal’
- Englishtodayfarinulent
Formed from farīnula + -ent
Linked words
through Latin far ‘kind of grain’
Today it means
adj farinose
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin far / farinulent