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Where does “pistillaceous” come from?

pistillaceous (English) comes from English pistil, from French pistil, from Latin pistillum, from Latin pīnsō, from Spanish pienso, from Latin pēnsum, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō — to stretch.

pistillaceous (English): Relating to a pistil

Definitions

  1. Relating to a pistil

Ancestry of “pistillaceous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpistilA discrete organ in the center of a flower...
2Frenchpistilpistil; stamen
3LatinpistillumA pestle
4Latinpīnsō—
5Spanishpiensoanimal feed; thought
6Latinpēnsum—
7Latinpendō—
8Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
9Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
10Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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