Where does “Junegrass” come from?
Junegrass (English) comes from English June, from Middle English june, from Middle English Juyn, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
Junegrass (English): Any member of the grass genus "Koeleria"
Definitions
- Any member of the grass genus "Koeleria"
Ancestry of “Junegrass”, step by step
Junegrass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English June
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | June | The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice |
| 2 | Middle English | june | — |
| 3 | Middle English | Juyn | — |
| 4 | Old French | juing | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūnius | Of the Junian gens |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English grass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grass | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by... |
| 2 | Middle English | gras | A grass; Any plant; especially a herbaceous one;... |
| 3 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |