English
indusium
Indusium comes from Latin indusium ‘a woman's undergarment’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindusium‘a woman's undergarment’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEindusium‘a woman's undergarment’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin indusium
Today it means
noun A protecting membrane, especially that covering the developing spores of a fern.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin indusium / indusium