stamen
Meaninga thread
Common meaning: the pollen-bearing part of a flower
- stamenthe warp; a threadLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1750 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√STA‘stand, whence various extended forms’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 418, p. 745 · scan
- Latinstāmen, -inis‘the warp’
- Englishmeaning shiftsthe warp → the pollen-bearing part of a flowerstamen‘the pollen-bearing part of a flower’ · today
stamen also in: stamina
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin stāmen ‘the warp; a thread’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry stāmen, p. 1750 · dictionary scan
Roots
- stāmen, -inis Latin “the warp; a thread”
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