Where does “arboreal” come from?
Arboreal comes from English -al attached to English aldehyde, which derives from Proto-Indo-European h₃erdʰ- meaning tree and the Proto-Indo-European agent suffix -wós.
arboreal (English): Of, relating to, or resembling a tree; Living in...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or resembling a tree; Living in...
Ancestry of “arboreal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | arboreus | tree; tree-like, wooden |
| 2 | Latin | arbor | a tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the... |
| 3 | Latin | arbos | Alternative form of arbor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “arboreal”