English
fletiferous
Fletiferous comes from Latin fletus ‘a weeping’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfletus‘a weeping’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfletifer
- Englishearliest quotation 1887fletiferous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfletus‘a weeping’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfletifer
- Englishearliest quotation 1887fletiferous
Earliest quotation: 1887, Andrew Magnus Fleming: “The poor servant placed a handkerchief to her eyes…”
A compound of flere ‘to weep’ + ferre ‘to bear’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- ‘to blow’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥h₁-yé-ti
Proto-Italic *flāō
Latin flō ‘to weep’
Every English word from Latin fletus
Today it means
adj Producing tears.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fletus / fletiferous