English
lotos
Lotos comes from Latin lōtos ‘The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea’, and goes back to Ancient Greek λωτός ‘birdsfoot trefoil’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλωτός‘birdsfoot trefoil’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElōtos‘The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895lotos
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλωτός‘birdsfoot trefoil’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElōtos‘The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea’
- Englishearliest quotation 1895lotos
Earliest quotation: 1895, Robert W. Chambers: “A flock of pigeons circled about the tower of…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek λωτός ‘birdsfoot trefoil’
Today it means
noun Dated spelling of lotus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λωτός / lotos