English

litterfall

From litter + fall.

A compound of litter + fall

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

Latin lectus ‘bed’

Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- ‘to collapse’

Proto-Germanic *fallaną ‘to fall’

Proto-West Germanic *fallan ‘to fall’

Old English feallan ‘to fall’

Middle English fallen ‘to fall’

English fall

Today it means

noun Plant material that falls to the ground, such as leaves from trees.

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

Etymograph / litterfall