Where does “exfoliation” come from?
Exfoliation comes from Latin exfoliāre, meaning to strip leaves from a plant.
exfoliation (English): The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral,...
Definitions
- The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral,...
Ancestry of “exfoliation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exfoliare | present active infinitive of exfoliō;... |
| 2 | Latin | exfoliō | to strip of leaves |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |