English
staminode
Staminode comes from New Latin stāminōdium.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900stāminōdium
- Englishtodaystaminode
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900stāminōdium
- Englishtodaystaminode
A compound of stāmen ‘warp, thread’ + εἶδος ‘form, likeness’
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘stand’
Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂mn̥ ‘that which stands, stature’
Proto-Italic *stāmen
Latin stāmen ‘warp, thread’
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing, image’
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος ‘form, likeness’
Every English word from New Latin stāminōdium
Today it means
noun An abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen; a staminodium
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin stāminōdium / staminode