petiolus

== English == === Noun === petiolus (botany) petiole == Latin == === Alternative forms === peciolus === Etymology === From root *pediciolus, diminutive of pediculus, diminutive of pēs. === Noun === petiolus m (genitive petiolī); second declension (Late Latin) a little foot (Late Latin) a fruit stalk; stem ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *pecione (“little stalk; nipple”) Asturian: pezón Spanish: pezón → Arabic: بُجُّون (bujjūn) ==== Descendants ==== === References === “petiolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “petiolus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.