English
glandiferous
Glandiferous comes from Latin glandifer ‘producing acorns, glandiferous’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglandifer‘producing acorns, glandiferous’
- Englishtodayglandiferous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglandifer‘producing acorns, glandiferous’
- Englishtodayglandiferous
A compound of glans ‘acorn’ + ferre ‘to bear’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- ‘acorn’
Proto-Italic *glānts
Latin glans ‘acorn’
Every English word from Latin glandifer
Today it means
adj Bearing acorns or other similar nuts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin glandifer / glandiferous