English
luteolous
Luteolous comes from Latin luteolus ‘yellowish’, and goes back to lūtum ‘weld, dyers' weed, Reseda luteola’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūtum‘weld, dyers' weed, Reseda luteola’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluteus‘yellow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluteolus‘yellowish’diminutive of luteus
- Englishtodayluteolous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūtum‘weld, dyers' weed, Reseda luteola’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluteus‘yellow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEluteolus‘yellowish’diminutive of luteus
- Englishtodayluteolous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‘green, yellow’
gold, fell, yellow, gall, chlorine, cholera, gullible, felon, yolk, glib, gild, choline, chlorella, zloty, 27 more
Today it means
adj Yellowish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūtum / luteolous