Etymograph

English

roscid

Roscid comes from Latin roscidus ‘dewy’, from rōs ‘dew’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rṓs1‘dew, moisture’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rōs1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErōs2as roris‘dew’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEroscidus2‘dewy’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1627roscid2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin ros
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English roscid
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: Or: “The differences of earths and the trial of them,…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁rṓsWiktionary, Latin ros‘dew, moisture’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*rōsWiktionary, Latin rosreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErōsWiktionary, English roscidas roris‘dew’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEroscidusWiktionary, English roscid‘dewy’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1627roscidWiktionary, English roscid. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum: Or: “The differences of earths and the trial of them,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- ‘to flow, pour’

error, err, erratic, errant, rishi, errata, 19 more

through Latin rōs ‘dew’

rory, rouse, 8 more

Today it means

adj Containing or consisting of dew; dewy.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “roscid”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin ros. 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 *h₁rṓs / roscid

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