petiole
English
/ˈpɛtɪəʊl/, /ˈpɛdiˌoʊl/
noun
Definitions
- (botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.
- (entomology) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.
- (entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pétiole derived from Latin petiolus (stalk), pēs (foot, feet).
Origin
Latin
pēs
Gloss
foot, feet
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- interpetiolar English
- intrapetiolar English
- pes English
- petiolar English
- petiolary English
- petiolated English
- petioled English
- petiolulate English
- petiolule English
- postpetiolar English
- postpetiole English
- pseudopetiole English
- subpetiolar English
- anguipes Latin
- bipes Latin
- capripes Latin
- fissipes Latin
- flammipes Latin
- flexipes Latin
- fulcipedia Latin
- gracilipes Latin
- hircipes Latin
- ignipes Latin
- impedio Latin
- indupedio Latin
- lanipes Latin
- lentipes Latin
- levipes Latin
- longipetiolatus Latin
- loripes Latin
- luteipes Latin
- octipes Latin
- peciolus Latin
- pedica Latin
- pediculus Latin
- pedīculus Latin
- pes Latin
- petiolus Latin
- pēs Latin
- quadrupes Latin
- remipes Latin
- segnipes Latin
- septipes Latin
- serpentipes Latin
- solidipes Latin
- sonipes Latin
- tremipes Latin
- trespes Latin
- tripes Latin
- uncipes Latin
- unipes Latin
- pedipalpo Italian
- peziolo Italian
- pédicure French
- pétiole French
- pecíolo Spanish, Castilian
- pie Spanish, Castilian
- *pṓds Proto-Indo-European
- velocipede Danish
- peteljka Serbo-Croatian
- pețiol Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- picior Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cicior Aromanian
- pè Romansh
- Хулсан Mongolian
- pe Old Occitan