English
manoxylic
Manoxylic comes from Ancient Greek μανός ‘sparse’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμανόςmanós‘sparse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991manoxylic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμανόςmanós‘sparse’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991manoxylic
Earliest quotation: 1991, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edi: “The significance of pycnoxylic versus manoxylic organisation of wood…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘small’
money, mind, music, amount, comment, mental, mouth, mention, mountain, museum, remain, monster, auto, mount, min, monitor, permanent, monetary, demonstration, mentor, monk, mint, monument, dementia, monte, imminent, maya, monastery, amnesty, muse, eminent, summon, menace, ming, prominence, mont, muster, monstrous, mosaic, amnesia, 127 more
Today it means
adj Sparse, with much pith and cortex, and having wide parenchymatous rays.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μανός / manoxylic