petal
English
/ˈpɛtl̩/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πέταλον (leaf, petal) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (fly, spread out, fall), *peth₂- (fly, spread out, fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peth₂-
Gloss
fly, spread out, fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- andropetal English
- anisopetalous English
- antepetalous English
- apetalous English
- apopetalous English
- bipetal English
- bipetalous English
- bracteopetal English
- bracteopetaloid English
- catapetalous English
- depetal English
- dipetalous English
- fan English
- fanpetal English
- fathom English
- fathomability English
- fathomable English
- fathomer English
- fathometer English
- fathomless English
- fathomly English
- heptapetalous English
- hexapetalous English
- macropetalous English
- monopetalous English
- multipetaled English
- octopetalous English
- oligopetalous English
- parapetalous English
- patently English
- pentapetalous English
- peripetalous English
- petaled English
- petaliferous English
- petaliform English
- petalled English
- petalless English
- petallike English
- petaloid English
- petaloidy English
- petalomania English
- petalous English
- petalsome English
- planipetalous English
- polypetalous English
- quadripetal English
- stenopetalous English
- sympetalous English
- synpetalous English
- tetrapetalous English
- tripetaloid English
- tripetalous English
- unfathom English
- unfathomability English
- unfathomable English
- unipetalous English
- unpetaled English
- unpetalled English
- *passō Latin
- expandere Latin
- expando Latin
- impetus Latin
- pandō Latin
- pateo Latin
- penna Latin
- petere Latin
- petilus Latin
- petītus Latin
- repetō, repetere, repeto Latin
- pandear Spanish, Castilian
- διαλύω Ancient Greek
- καλλιπέταλον Ancient Greek
- πέταλον Ancient Greek
- πέταλος Ancient Greek
- πέτασος Ancient Greek
- πέτηλος Ancient Greek
- πέτομαι Ancient Greek
- πετάννυμι Ancient Greek
- ποταμός Ancient Greek
- πτέρυξ Ancient Greek
- πτερωτός Ancient Greek
- πτωτικός Ancient Greek
- πτωτός Ancient Greek
- πτῶμα Ancient Greek
- πτῶσις Ancient Greek
- ἀπόπτωσις Ancient Greek
- ἵπταμαι Ancient Greek
- *pat- Proto-Indo-European
- *pet- Proto-Indo-European
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂eti Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- *pípth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *faþmaz Proto-Germanic
- *fiþriją Proto-Germanic
- fæþm Old English
- पतति Sanskrit
- पातयति Sanskrit
- fathome Middle English
- faðmr Old Norse
- fiðraðr Old Norse
- fjaðraðr Old Norse
- *pъtakъ Proto-Slavic
- fadam Old High German
- fadum Old High German
- *faþm gmw-pro
- *fatham Old Dutch
- *ɸanssā Proto-Celtic
- *ɸettiyā Proto-Celtic
- petali Swahili
- *patnō Proto-Italic
- ἵπταμαι grc-koi
- fan
- fathom
- bipetal
- depetal
- petaled
- fathomer
- fathomly
- petaloid
- petalous
- petalled
- fanpetal
- patently
- unfathom
- petalless
- unpetaled
- petaloidy
- petallike
- apetalous
- petalsome
- fathomable
- fathomless
- fathometer
- unpetalled
- andropetal
- bipetalous
- petaliform
- dipetalous
- synpetalous
- tripetalous
- petalomania
- tripetaloid
- sympetalous
- apopetalous
- quadripetal
- unipetalous
- antepetalous
- parapetalous
- polypetalous
- multipetaled
- unfathomable
- octopetalous
- peripetalous
- petaliferous
- hexapetalous
- catapetalous
- bracteopetal
- monopetalous
- tetrapetalous
- stenopetalous
- anisopetalous
- pentapetalous
- heptapetalous
- fathomability
- macropetalous
- oligopetalous
- planipetalous
- bracteopetaloid
- unfathomability