Aboreal
/əˈbɔːr.i.əl/noun
Relating to or growing on trees; a rare variant of arboreal.
Did you know?Aboreal is a rare historical variant of arboreal, ultimately descending from Latin arbor, meaning “tree,” a word that also gave English arbor and arboretum.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
arbor
“Tree”
Late Latin
Latin
arboreus
“Of or belonging to a tree”
Old French
Old French
arbre
“Tree”
Middle English
Middle English
abore
“Tree; a variant form influenced by French and Latin spellings”
19th Century
English
aboreal
“Relating to or growing on trees; a rare variant of arboreal”
Modern English
English
aboreal
“An uncommon word meaning arboreal”