foliate

foliate · adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰleh₃-“blossom, flower”
2. Latin · learned borrowing fromfoliātus“having leaves, leafy, leaved”
3. English todayfoliate

Learned borrowing from Latin foliātus (“having leaves, leafy, leaved”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), a participial adjective derived from folium (“leaf; (Late Latin) leaf or sheet of paper”) + -ātus (participial adjective-forming suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”) or *dʰelh₁- (“to be green”)).

foliate · noun²

From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to folia + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

foliate · verb³

From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (more at etymology 1)

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