English
fruticulose
Fruticulose comes from Latin fruticosus ‘bushy’, and goes back to frutex ‘bush, shrub’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrutex‘bush, shrub’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfruticosus‘bushy’
- Englishtodayfruticulose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfrutex‘bush, shrub’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfruticosus‘bushy’
- Englishtodayfruticulose
The story
Diminutive from Latin fruticosus (‘bushy’): compare French fruticuleux.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- ‘to boil, brew, sprout?’
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Today it means
adj Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin frutex / fruticulose