English
foliform
Foliform comes from Latin folium ‘leaf’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘leaf’
- Englishtodayfoliform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘leaf’
- Englishtodayfoliform
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘blossom, flower’
full, blood, blow, flower, blade, bless, bloom, fool, bleed, blossom, floral, flourish, flora, ferret, fleur, florist, belladonna, flor, 53 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom ‘leaf’
through Latin folium ‘leaf’
Today it means
adj leaf-shaped
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin folium / foliform