English
pineal
Pineal comes from Latin pīnea ‘pine cone, pine nut’, and goes back to pīnus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnus‘pine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīneus‘of the pine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnea‘pine cone, pine nut’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpinéal
- Englishearliest quotation 2019pineal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnus‘pine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīneus‘of the pine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpīnea‘pine cone, pine nut’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentpinéal
- Englishearliest quotation 2019pineal
Earliest quotation: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants: “Because of its central location and its solitary nature…”
Linked words
through Latin pīnus ‘pine’
through Latin pīnea ‘pine cone, pine nut’
Today it means
adj In the shape of a pine cone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pīnus / pineal