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Where does “adenophyllous” come from?

adenophyllous (English) comes from English phyllous, from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald.

adenophyllous (English): Having glands on the leaves

Definitions

  1. Having glands on the leaves

Ancestry of “adenophyllous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishphylloushomologous with a leaf
2Englishousplural of ou
3EnglishouA probably extinct species of Hawaiian...
4AfrikaansouAn old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of...
5Dutchoudold
6Middle Dutchoutold
7Old Dutchald—
8Proto-West Germanicaldold
9Proto-Germanicaldazold, grown up
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →