English
graminaceous
Graminaceous comes from Latin grāmen ‘grass, turf, herb, plant’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrāmen‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
- Englishtodaygraminaceous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrāmen‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
- Englishtodaygraminaceous
Formed from -aceous
Linked words
through Latin grāmen ‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin grāmen / graminaceous