Etymology

fabaceous

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Today it means: Having the nature of a bean; like a bean. Full definition →

Latin fabaceus
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fabaceous · adjective1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromfabaceus
  2. English todayfabaceous

Borrowed from Latin fabaceus, from faba (“bean”). By surface analysis, Latin fab(a) + -aceous.

fabaceous · adjective2

  1. Proto-Italic*fabā
  2. Latinfaba
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  5. English todayfabaceous

From Translingual Fabaceae + English -ous.

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