Where does “foliaceousness” come from?
foliaceousness (English) comes from English foliaceous, from Latin foliāceus, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
foliaceousness (English): The quality of being foliaceous
Definitions
- The quality of being foliaceous
Ancestry of “foliaceousness”, step by step
foliaceousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English foliaceous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | foliaceous | Resembling a leaf or leaves; Bearing leaves |
| 2 | Latin | foliāceus | — |
| 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- | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |