English
festucous
Festucous comes from Latin festūca ‘straw’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestūca‘straw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestūcōsus
- Englishearliest quotation 1650festucous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestūca‘straw’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfestūcōsus
- Englishearliest quotation 1650festucous
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “straws or festucous divisions lightly drawn over with oil”.
Linked words
through Latin festūca ‘straw’
Today it means
adj Formed of, consisting of, or similar to, straw.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin festūca / festucous