English
juliform
Juliform comes from Latin iulus ‘catkin’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind, round’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-1‘to turn, wind, round’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴουλος2‘catkin’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiulus3‘catkin’
- Englishtodayjuliform3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἴουλος, which cites Beekes
- 2 Wiktionary, Latin iulus
- 3 Wiktionary, English juliform
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welH-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ἴουλος, which cites Beekes‘to turn, wind, round’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴουλοςWiktionary, Latin iulus‘catkin’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiulusWiktionary, English juliform‘catkin’
- EnglishtodayjuliformWiktionary, English juliform
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn, wind, round’
well, walk, wall, volume, revolution, evolution, involve, valve, evolve, revolt, vault, waltz, vulgar, convoluted, helix, voluminous, vagrant, divulge, wale, gauche, vulva, convolution, vulgate, iliac, involution, voluble, ilium, valvular, valise, 74 more
Today it means
adj Having the form of a catkin
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “juliform”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek ἴουλος, Latin iulus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welH- / juliform