English
strobilus
Strobilus comes from Late Latin strobīlus ‘pine cone’, from Ancient Greek στρόβῑλος ‘round ball’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strebʰ-root as named
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρόβῑλος‘round ball’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEstrobīlus‘pine cone’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006strobilus
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*strebʰ-root as named
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρόβῑλος‘round ball’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEstrobīlus‘pine cone’
- Englishearliest quotation 2006strobilus
Earliest quotation: 2006, Anil Kumar, Botany for Degree Pteridophyta: “The strobilus in Selaginella is the sporangia-bearing region of…”
The story
According to Liddell and Scott, 8th ed. 1882: of various meanings such as a pine-cone, something screwed up into a lump like a pine-cone, a pine tree and more.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ-
Today it means
noun Sensu strictissimo a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various vascular Pteridophyta, such as horsetail, that bear spores;
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- / strobilus