Etymograph

English

rosetum

Rosetum comes from Latin rosētum ‘a rose garden’, and goes back to rosa.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErosa
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErosētum‘a rose garden’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1870rosetum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErosa
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErosētum‘a rose garden’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1870rosetum

Earliest quotation: 1870, The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial : “The Weeping Rose should stand singly in the rosetum,…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ῥόδον ‘rose’

rhodium, 11 more

through Latin rosa

rosary, rosen, 10 more

Today it means

noun A rose garden.

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

Etymograph / Latin rosa / rosetum

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