Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.
From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), itself from either Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva), Proto-Hellenic *elaíwā (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαίᾱ (elaíā)), or the same source as those two. In any case, ultimately from a Mediterranean Pre-Greek source, possibly Proto-Berber *wlw (“wild olive”). More questionably, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). Doublet of oliva and oil. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionolyveenm
- Derivation mentionolivefro
- Derivation mentionolīvala
- Derivation mention*𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀ett
- Derivation mention*elaíwāgrk-pro
- Cognate mention𐀁𐀨𐀷gmy
- Cognate mentionἐλαίᾱgrc
- Derivation mention*wlwber-pro
- Derivation mention*loiwomine-pro
- Cognate mentionлоиcu
- Cognate mentionեւղxcl
- Doublet mentionolivaen
- Doublet mentionoilen
- Non-cognate comparisoneleberġeang
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Salem Chaker (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2024), <cite>Diachronie berbère : Linguistique historique et libyque</cite>, Presses universitaires de Provence, <small>→ISBN</small>, pages 111-119</span></span>"
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