Etymograph

English

lenticelle

Lenticelle comes from French lenticelle ‘lenticel’, and goes back to Latin lēns.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēns‘lentil’
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900lenticelladiminutive of lēns
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentlenticelle‘lenticel’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElēns‘lentil’
  2. New Latinc. 1500–1900lenticelladiminutive of lēns
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentlenticelle‘lenticel’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin lēns ‘lentil’

lens, lenticular, 3 more

Today it means

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin lēns / lenticelle

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