English
ulva
Ulva comes from Latin ulva ‘sedge’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEulva‘sedge’
- mulmodernUlva
- Englishearliest quotation 1875ulva
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEulva‘sedge’
- mulmodernUlva
- Englishearliest quotation 1875ulva
Earliest quotation: 1875, George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana: “The ulvas belong to the chlorospermous class of seaweeds,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow’
as, all, old, else, el, element, adult, alien, ultimate, alternate, elder, alter, ellen, altitude, alumni, ultra, qualification, outrage, alt, altar, ou, alpine, adolescent, abolish, alto, alias, alum, alibi, retaliate, alimony, alp, proletariat, altruism, parallax, ulterior, coalesce, exalt, foetal, althea, auld, 67 more
Today it means
noun Any organism of the genus Ulva.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ulva / ulva