petiolus

English

Noun

petiolus

1. (botany) petiole

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Latin

Alternative forms

• peciolus

Etymology

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

Noun

petiolus

1. (Late Latin) a little foot
2. (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.