Dendritic
/dɛnˈdrɪtɪk/noun
Branching like a tree or tree-like in form.
Did you know?Its root, Greek *dendron* (“tree”), also lives in words like *rhododendron*—literally a “rose tree.”
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
déndron
“tree”
Late Greek
Greek
dendritikós
“of or belonging to a tree; tree-like”
16th–17th Century
Latin
dendriticus
“tree-like, branching”
17th–18th Century
English
dendritic
“tree-like; branching”
Modern English
English
dendritic
“branching like a tree, especially in form or structure”
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