English
papaverous
Papaverous comes from Latin papāver ‘poppy’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapāver‘poppy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650papaverous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpapāver‘poppy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1650papaverous
Earliest quotation: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “Now instead of a smell of Delight our Mandrakes…”
Formed from -ous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
fire, bureau, fiery, burrito, bertram, pyre, pyrite, pyro, burro, 15 more
through Latin papāver ‘poppy’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the poppy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin papāver / papaverous