English
flavescent
Flavescent comes from Latin flavescens ‘yellowing’, and goes back to flāvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflāvus‘yellow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflāvēscō‘become yellow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflavescens‘yellowing’
- Englishtodayflavescent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflāvus‘yellow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflāvēscō‘become yellow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflavescens‘yellowing’
- Englishtodayflavescent
Equivalent to flāvus + -escent
Linked words
through Latin flāvus ‘yellow’
Today it means
adj yellowish in colour, or turning yellow
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flāvus / flavescent