Where does “glume” come from?

glume (English) comes from Latin gluma, from Latin glubo, from Proto-Italic glouβō, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

glume (English): A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract...

Definitions

  1. A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract...

Ancestry of “glume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglumahusk of grain; chaff
2LatingluboI strip the bark from a tree, I peel, I shuck; I...
3Proto-Italicglouβōto split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “glume”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic glouβō →Every word from Latin glubo →