English
juglans
Juglans comes from Latin iūglāns ‘walnut, walnut tree’, from glāns ‘Jupiter's acorn’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *djouglānts.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*djouglāntsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglāns‘Jupiter's acorn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūglāns‘walnut, walnut tree’
- Englishtodayjuglans
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*djouglāntsreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglāns‘Jupiter's acorn’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūglāns‘walnut, walnut tree’
- Englishtodayjuglans
Linked words
through Latin glāns ‘Jupiter's acorn’
Today it means
noun The walnut and similar trees of the genus Juglans
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *djouglānts / juglans