The story
- Latin · derived fromtilia“linden tree”
- English todaytiliaceous
From translingual Tiliaceae + -ous, from Latin tilia (“linden tree”).
Words from the same roots
Latintilia all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tiliaceous
Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the family Tiliaceae (now principally subfamily Tilioideae in family Malvaceae) of flowering plants, including the linden. Full definition →
Latin tilia