byssus

Latin

noun

Definitions

byssus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βύσσος (a very fine yellowish flax and the linen woven from it, flax, byssus, cotton homespun) derived from Hebrew (modern) בּוּץ (byssus) derived from Aramaic בּוש.

Origin

Aramaic

בּוש

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

byssaceous English
byssal English
byssiferous English
byssinosis English
byssus English
*bysseus Latin
-osis Latin
byssinum Latin
bissinosi Italian
βύσσινος Ancient Greek
βύσσος Ancient Greek
bege Old French
בּוּץ Hebrew (modern)
*būṣ- Proto-Semitic
בּוּצָא Aramaic
בּוש Aramaic

-osis
byssinum
*bysseus