Meanings
- not comparableobsoleteOf or pertaining to a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes.
olitory seeds
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...at convenient distance towards the olitory garden...
1659 September 3, John Evelyn, letter to Robert Boyle
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és
- Proto-Italic*helos
- Old Latinhelus
- Latinolitōrius“of or related to gardeners, produce, or vegetables”
- Englisholitory
From Latin olitōrius (“of or related to gardeners, produce, or vegetables”), from olitor (“gardener, seller of vegetables or herbs”), from olus + -itō (“forming frequentative verbs”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), variant of holus (“vegetable”), from Old Latin helus, believed to come from unattested Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) + *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (“yellow”).
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