English
sepal
Sepal comes from New Latin sepalum.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900sepalum
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsépale
- Englishearliest quotation 1836sepal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900sepalum
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsépale
- Englishearliest quotation 1836sepal
Earliest quotation: 1836, The Family Magazine, Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge: “When the sepals are distinct, or separate from each…”
Every English word from New Latin sepalum
Today it means
noun One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such components are not fused into a single structure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin sepalum / sepal