petiolus

English

Noun

petiolus

(botany) petiole

Latin

Alternative forms

peciolus

Etymology

From root *pediciolus, diminutive of pedīculus, diminutive of pēs.

Noun

petiolus

(Late Latin) a little foot
(Late Latin) a fruit stalk; stem

Descendants

Aromanian: cicior, chicior
English: petiole
French: pétiole
Friulian: pecol
Istro-Romanian: pićor, picioru

Italian: picciolo, peziolo
Portuguese: pecíolo
Romanian: picior, pețiol
Serbo-Croatian: peteljka
Spanish: pecíolo, pezón, pezuelo

References

petiolus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
petiolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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