Etymology

bifoliate

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Today it means: Having exactly two leaves. Full definition →

English foliate ← Latin foliatus ← Proto-Italic *foljom
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰolh₃yom?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰelh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰolh₁yom?
  10. Proto-Italic*foljom
  11. Latinfolium
  12. Latinfoliatus
  13. Englishfoliate
  14. English todaybifoliate

From bi- + foliate.

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