English
nemorous
Nemorous comes from Latin nemus ‘grove’, from Proto-Indo-European *némos ‘bowing, bending’, and ultimately from *nem- ‘to bend’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-‘to bend’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*némos‘bowing, bending’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnemus‘grove’
- Englishearliest quotation 1889nemorous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*nem-‘to bend’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*némos‘bowing, bending’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnemus‘grove’
- Englishearliest quotation 1889nemorous
Earliest quotation: 1889, Thomas Thisleton-Dyer, The Folk Lore of Plants: “Even Paradise itself, says Evelyn, was but a kind…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *nem- ‘to bend’
number, numerous, numb, nomadic, nomad, innumerable, numeric, nim, numeral, nome, enumeration, numeracy, enumerate, luma, naam, numero, numerator, numismatics, 24 more
Today it means
adj Forested; full of trees, dark with shady groves.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *nem- / nemorous