English
fulvous
Fulvous comes from Latin fulvus ‘reddish-brown’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shine’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to shine’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥wósreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulvus‘reddish-brown’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841fulvous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to shine’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥wósreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfulvus‘reddish-brown’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841fulvous
Earliest quotation: 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue: “It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shine’
ball, bowl, bell, bold, bull, flame, bald, boil, blaze, bale, blur, blizzard, bleach, blush, bolster, budge, sabha, blemish, bola, phlegm, bolero, blithe, phlox, phallus, blain, bleat, 73 more
Today it means
adj Tawny-colored.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- / fulvous