Where does “pedicel” come from?
pedicel (English) comes from French pédicelle, from Latin pedicellus, from Latin pedīculus, from Latin pēdis, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pedicel (English): A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster
Definitions
- A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster
Ancestry of “pedicel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pédicelle | pedicel |
| 2 | Latin | pedicellus | little foot; a little louse |
| 3 | Latin | pedīculus | A little foot |
| 4 | Latin | pēdis | louse |
| 5 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |