Etymograph

English

frustule

Frustule comes from Latin frustum ‘morsel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- ‘to break up, cut’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrews-‘to break up, cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrustósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frustomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustum‘morsel’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustulum
  6. Englishtodayfrustule

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrews-‘to break up, cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰrustósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*frustomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustum‘morsel’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrustulum
  6. Englishtodayfrustule

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- ‘to break up, cut’

breast, browse, bruise, brisket, bryony, 5 more

Today it means

noun The siliceous shell of a diatom.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- / frustule

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