Where does “glumose” come from?
glumose (English) comes from English glume, from Latin gluma, from Latin glubo, from Proto-Italic glouβō, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
glumose (English): Bearing or relating to a glume
Definitions
- Bearing or relating to a glume
Ancestry of “glumose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | glume | A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract... |
| 2 | Latin | gluma | husk of grain; chaff |
| 3 | Latin | glubo | I strip the bark from a tree, I peel, I shuck; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | glouβō | to split |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |