English
herbicolous
From herb + -i- + -colous.
Formed from herb + -i- + -colous
Latin herba ‘grass, herbage’
Old French erbe ‘grass’
Middle English herbe ‘a herbaceous plant’
English herb
Today it means
adj Inhabiting grassy areas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / herbicolous