Etymograph

English

faveolate

Faveolate comes from New Latin faveolus, from favus ‘honeycomb’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- ‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰōw-‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900favus‘honeycomb’
  3. New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900faveolusdiminutive of favus
  4. New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900faveolātus
  5. Englishtodayfaveolate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰōw-‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900favus‘honeycomb’
  3. New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900faveolusdiminutive of favus
  4. New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900faveolātus
  5. Englishtodayfaveolate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- ‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’

bottle, 4 more

Today it means

adj Having cavities or cells like those of a honeycomb.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- / faveolate

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