Etymograph

English

pulvisculus

Pulvisculus comes from Latin pulvisculus ‘fine powder’, and goes back to pulvis ‘dust’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvis1‘dust’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvisculus2‘fine powder’
  3. Englishtodaypulvisculus2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin pulvisculus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English pulvisculus

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvisWiktionary, Latin pulvisculus‘dust’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulvisculusWiktionary, English pulvisculus‘fine powder’
  3. EnglishtodaypulvisculusWiktionary, English pulvisculus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pel-

film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, complain, fold, repeal, pulse, flaw, pollen, palate, expel, repel, palpable, palladium, propel, palatable, compulsive, pall, pelt, wallow, peloton, polemic, tuple, pollinate, palatal, muffle, apoplexy, palp, pillion, peplum, interpolate, 62 more

through Latin pulvis ‘dust’

powder, pillow, pulver, 9 more

Today it means

noun The powder contained in the spore-cases of certain fungi.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin pulvis / pulvisculus

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