English
libriform
Libriform comes from Latin liber.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEliber
- Englishearliest quotation 1885libriform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEliber
- Englishearliest quotation 1885libriform
Earliest quotation: 1885, George Lincoln Goodale: “The unseptate fibres, the true libriform cells, are only…”
Formed from -iform
Linked words
through Latin liber
library, liberal, liberty, format, libel, liberate, liber, libre, 12 more
Today it means
adj Resembling or having the form of liber, or bast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin liber / libriform