Etymograph

English

foliaceous

Foliaceous comes from Latin folium ‘a leaf’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘a leaf’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfoliaceus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1795foliaceous

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘a leaf’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfoliaceus
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1795foliaceous

Earliest quotation: 1795, James Hutton, Theory of the Earth: “I have one specimen, in which the primary crystals…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘blossom, flower’

full, blood, blow, flower, blade, bless, bloom, fool, floral, bleed, flora, blossom, flourish, ferret, florist, fleur, flor, belladonna, 53 more

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom ‘leaf’

folly, trefoil, 15 more

through Latin folium ‘a leaf’

foil, folio, folic, exfoliation, exfoliate, 20 more

Today it means

adj Resembling a leaf or leaves.

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

Etymograph / Latin folium / foliaceous

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