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English
Noun
petiolus
- (botany) petiole
Latin
Etymology
From root *pediciolus, diminutive of pediculus, diminutive of pēs.
Noun
petiolus m (genitive petiolī); second declension
- (Late Latin) a little foot
- (Late Latin) a fruit stalk; stem
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pecione (“little stalk; nipple”)
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
Borrowings:
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.