English
trifoly
Trifoly comes from Latin trifolium ‘trefoil, clover’, and goes back to folium ‘leaf’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘leaf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrifolium‘trefoil, clover’
- Englishearliest quotation 1604trifoly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfolium‘leaf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrifolium‘trefoil, clover’
- Englishearliest quotation 1604trifoly
Earliest quotation: 1604, The Pegme at Fen-church: “She vvas crovvned vvith a Chaplet of Trifoly, to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ‘blossom, flower’
full, blood, blow, flower, blade, bless, bloom, floral, fool, bleed, flora, blossom, flourish, ferret, fleur, florist, flor, belladonna, 53 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom ‘leaf’
through Latin folium ‘leaf’
foil, folio, folic, exfoliation, exfoliate, 19 more
through Latin trifolium ‘trefoil, clover’
Today it means
noun Melilot; sweet clover
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin folium / trifoly