English
pedicel
Pedicel comes from Late Latin pedīculus ‘foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pets‘foot’reconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpēs‘foot’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEpedīculus‘foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf’diminutive of pēs
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEpedīcellusdiminutive of pedīculus
- Englishearliest quotation 1963pedicel
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pṓds‘foot’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pets‘foot’reconstructed
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpēs‘foot’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEpedīculus‘foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf’diminutive of pēs
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEpedīcellusdiminutive of pedīculus
- Englishearliest quotation 1963pedicel
Earliest quotation: 1963, Journal of Mammalogy, American Society of Mammalogists: “Table 5 lists 14 does with 1 or both…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
pilot, fetch, expedition, footing, impeachment, footed, fet, expedite, ped, fetter, pada, 50 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
feet, foot, podium, pew, pug, baht, puy, poy, tripos, 39 more
through Proto-Italic *pets ‘foot’
through Late Latin pēs ‘foot’
pioneer, pedestrian, pedal, pedigree, pes, impede, impediment, centipede, petiole, peon, pedometer, expeditious, biped, 14 more
Today it means
noun A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped- / pedicel