English
gramineous
Gramineous comes from Latin gramineus ‘grassy’, and goes back to grāmen.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrāmen‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgramineus‘grassy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990gramineous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrāmen‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgramineus‘grassy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1990gramineous
Earliest quotation: 1990, Ronald S. Pidskalny, Paul G. Kneeshaw (inventors): “Wild oats and greenfoxtail are among the most troublesome…”
Formed from -eous
Linked words
through Latin grāmen ‘grass, turf, herb, plant’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to plants in the grass family (Gramineae, Poaceae).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin grāmen / gramineous