English
silique
Silique comes from French silique ‘silique, a long dry fruit’, and goes back to Latin siliqua ‘a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiliqua‘a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsilique‘silique, a long dry fruit’
- Englishtodaysilique
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsiliqua‘a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsilique‘silique, a long dry fruit’
- Englishtodaysilique
Every English word from Latin siliqua
Today it means
noun A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin siliqua / silique