Etymograph

English

fistulous

Fistulous may come from Latin fistulōsus ‘pipe-shaped, hole-filled, fistulous’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfistulōsus‘pipe-shaped, hole-filled, fistulous’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayfistulous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfistulōsus‘pipe-shaped, hole-filled, fistulous’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayfistulous

Formed from fistula + -ous

Latin fistula ‘pipe, ulcer, catheter’

English fistula

Linked words

through Latin fistula ‘pipe, tube’

fester, 5 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to a fistula.

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

Etymograph / Latin fistulōsus / fistulous

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