petiolus

English

Noun

petiolus

(botany) petiole

Latin

Alternative forms

peciolus

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.

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.

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