English
guttule
Guttule comes from Latin guttula ‘droplet’, and goes back to gutta ‘a drop of fluid, especially of natural…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta‘a drop of fluid, especially of natural substances’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEguttula‘droplet’
- Englishtodayguttule
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta‘a drop of fluid, especially of natural substances’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEguttula‘droplet’
- Englishtodayguttule
Linked words
through Latin gutta ‘a drop of fluid, especially of natural…’
Today it means
noun A small, round vesicle, typically filled with oil.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gutta / guttule