Where does “etiolation” come from?

etiolation (English) comes from French étioler, from French étieuler, from Old French estuble, from Latin stipula, from Proto-Italic stipelā, from Proto-Italic stips, from Proto-Indo-European steyp- — be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect.

etiolation (English): growth process of plants grown in the absence of...

Definitions

  1. growth process of plants grown in the absence of...

Ancestry of “etiolation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchétiolerto etiolate
2Frenchétieuler—
3Old Frenchestublestubble
4Latinstipulastalk; stubble; straw
5Proto-Italicstipelāstraw
6Proto-Italicstipsstalk
7Proto-Indo-Europeansteyp-be stiff, erect; to be stiff; erect; stiff, erect

Words derived from “etiolation”

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