English
flavedo
Flavedo comes from New Latin flāvēdō ‘yellowness, sallowness, yellow color’, and goes back to Latin flāvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflāvus‘yellow, golden’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900flāvēdō‘yellowness, sallowness, yellow color’
- Englishtodayflavedo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflāvus‘yellow, golden’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900flāvēdō‘yellowness, sallowness, yellow color’
- Englishtodayflavedo
Linked words
through Latin flāvus ‘yellow, golden’
Today it means
noun The exocarp in citruses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flāvus / flavedo