φύλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃-yom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (leaf, blossom, flower). Cognates include Latin folium, Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ), and English blossom.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῠ́λλον • (phŭ́llonn (genitive φῠ́λλου); second declension

  1. leaf
  2. plant
  3. (in the plural) foliage

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: φύλλο (fýllo)
    • English: phyllo, fillo, filo, fyllo
  • Mariupol Greek: фи́лу (fílu)
  • Latin: phyllon

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φύλλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1596-7

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