Etymology

rosaceous

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Today it means: Of or relating to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants. Full definition →

Latin rosāceus
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rosaceous · adjective1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromrosāceus
  2. English todayrosaceous

Borrowed from Latin rosāceus. Alternatively, from Rosaceae + -ous.

rosaceous · adjective2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  3. English todayrosaceous

From Translingual rosacea + English -ous.

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