English
squamula
Squamula comes from Latin squama ‘a scale’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquama‘a scale’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquamuladiminutive of squama
- Englishtodaysquamula
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquama‘a scale’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsquamuladiminutive of squama
- Englishtodaysquamula
Every English word from Latin squama
Today it means
noun One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin squama / squamula