petiolus
English
Noun
petiolus
- (botany) petiole
Latin
Alternative forms
- peciolus
Etymology
From root *pediciolus, diminutive of pedīculus, diminutive of pēs.
Noun
petiolus
- (Late Latin) a little foot
- (Late Latin) a fruit stalk; stem
Descendants
- Aromanian: cicior, chicior
- English: petiole
- French: pétiole
- Friulian: pecol
- Istro-Romanian: pićor, picioru
- Italian: picciolo, peziolo
- Portuguese: pecíolo
- Romanian: picior, pețiol
- Serbo-Croatian: peteljka
- Spanish: pecíolo, pezón, pezuelo
References
- petiolus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- petiolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette