Etymograph

English

therophyte

Therophyte comes from Ancient Greek θέρος ‘summer’, from Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰéros ‘heat’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘warm, hot’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰer-‘warm, hot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰéros‘heat’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷʰéros‘heat’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθέροςthéros‘summer’
  5. Englishtodaytherophyte

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰer-‘warm, hot’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷʰéros‘heat’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kʷʰéros‘heat’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθέροςthéros‘summer’
  5. Englishtodaytherophyte

Formed from -phyte ‘plant’

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘warm, hot’

warm, gore, furnace, thermal, gory, forceps, thermos, garlick, 17 more

Today it means

noun Any plant which survives unfavourable seasons in the form of seeds only

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- / therophyte

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