English
lappaceous
Lappaceous comes from Latin lappaceus ‘burlike’, and goes back to lappa ‘a bur’.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English lappaceous
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElappaWiktionary, English lappaceous‘a bur’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElappaceusWiktionary, English lappaceous‘burlike’
- EnglishtodaylappaceousWiktionary, English lappaceous
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang loosely’
la, label, lip, lap, limp, limbo, lobe, labia, labrum, lave, 13 more
Today it means
adj Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “lappaceous”. 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 / Latin lappa / lappaceous