English
vitellary
Vitellary comes from Latin vitellus ‘a little calf, the yolk of an egg’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wetelos‘bull calf, yearling’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitulus‘a bull calf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitellus‘a little calf, the yolk of an egg’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841vitellary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wet-‘year’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wetelos‘bull calf, yearling’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitulus‘a bull calf’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvitellus‘a little calf, the yolk of an egg’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841vitellary
Earliest quotation: 1841, Rudolph Wagner, Elements of Physiology: “The intestine makes several turns outside of the umbilicus,…”
Formed from vitellus ‘a little calf, the yolk of an egg’ + -ary
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’
veteran, veterinary, veterinarian, wether, inveterate, bacha, 16 more
through Latin vitulus ‘a bull calf’
through Latin vitellus ‘a little calf, the yolk of an egg’
Today it means
adj Vitelline.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wet- / vitellary