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Where does “petalous” come from?

petalous (English) comes from English -ous, from Middle English -ous, from Old French -us, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

petalous (English): Having petals

Definitions

  1. Having petals

Ancestry of “petalous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, to denote...
2Middle English-ous—
3Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
4Latin-ōsus—
5Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “petalous”

  • apetalous
  • monopetalous
  • polypetalous
  • sympetalous
  • hexapetalous
  • pentapetalous
  • tetrapetalous
  • tripetalous
  • peripetalous
  • parapetalous
  • unipetalous
  • apopetalous
  • stenopetalous
  • oligopetalous
  • dipetalous
  • anisopetalous
  • antepetalous
  • catapetalous
  • bipetalous
  • macropetalous
  • apetalousness
  • planipetalous
  • octopetalous
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