English
quercous
Quercous comes from Latin quercus ‘an oak, oak-tree, especially an Italian oak’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu-‘oak’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷerkusreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquercus‘an oak, oak-tree, especially an Italian oak’
- Englishearliest quotation 1927quercous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu-‘oak’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kʷerkusreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquercus‘an oak, oak-tree, especially an Italian oak’
- Englishearliest quotation 1927quercous
Earliest quotation: 1927, Bureau of Abstracts, British Abstracts: Series B: “By the action of tannase on the tannin, a…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu-
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to, oak trees (genus Quercus).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- / quercous