petiolus

English

Noun

petiolus

1. (botany) petiole

Latin

Alternative forms

• peciolus

Etymology

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

Noun

petiolus m (genitive petiolī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) a little foot
2. (Late Latin) a fruit stalk; stem

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	petiolus	petiolī
Genitive	petiolī	petiolōrum
Dative	petiolō	petiolīs
Accusative	petiolum	petiolōs
Ablative	petiolō	petiolīs
Vocative	petiole	petiolī

Derived terms

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pecione (“little stalk; nipple”)
  • Asturian: pezón
  • Spanish: pezón
  • → Arabic: بُجُّون (bujjūn)

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: cicior, chicior
  • Istro-Romanian: pićor, picioru
  • Megleno-Romanian: picior, pitšor
  • Romanian: picior
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: picciolo, picciuolo
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: pecol
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: peçol
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: pezuelo

Borrowings:

• → Arabic: بُجُّول (bujjūl)
• → Catalan: pecíol
• → French: pétiole
  • → English: petiole
  • → Italian: peziolo
  • → Romanian: pețiol
• → Portuguese: pecíolo
• → Spanish: pecíolo

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.