English
favose
Favose comes from Latin favus ‘honeycomb’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- ‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰōw-‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfavus‘honeycomb’
- Englishtodayfavose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰōw-‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfavus‘honeycomb’
- Englishtodayfavose
Formed from -ose
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- ‘to swell, grow, thrive, be, live, dwell’
Today it means
adj Honeycombed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- / favose