Where does “glumelle” come from?
glumelle (English) comes from French glumelle, from French glume, from Latin gluma, from Latin glubo, from Proto-Italic glouβō, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
glumelle (English): One of the inner chaffy scales of the flowers or...
Definitions
- One of the inner chaffy scales of the flowers or...
Ancestry of “glumelle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | glumelle | — |
| 2 | French | glume | — |
| 3 | Latin | gluma | husk of grain; chaff |
| 4 | Latin | glubo | I strip the bark from a tree, I peel, I shuck; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | glouβō | to split |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |