English
ramulose
Ramulose comes from Latin ramulosus ‘full of branching veins’, and goes back to ramus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEramus‘branch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEramulus‘a little branch or bough, twig’diminutive of ramus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEramulosus‘full of branching veins’
- Englishtodayramulose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEramus‘branch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEramulus‘a little branch or bough, twig’diminutive of ramus
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEramulosus‘full of branching veins’
- Englishtodayramulose
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’
race, root, radical, eradicate, eradication, rote, wort, radish, radix, 26 more
through Latin ramus ‘branch’
Today it means
adj Having many small branches, or ramuli.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ramus / ramulose