Flavescent
/fləˈvɛsənt/noun
Becoming yellow or golden-yellow.
Did you know?Flavescent comes from Latin *flavescens*, the present participle of *flavescere* (“to grow yellow”), from *flavus* (“yellow, golden”), a root that also gave English **flavin** and **flavonoid**.
Etymological Timeline
Latin root
Latin
flavus
“yellow, golden”
Classical Latin
Latin
flavescere
“to grow yellow”
Late Latin
Latin
flavescens
“growing yellow; becoming yellow”
17th Century
English
flavescent
“tending to yellow; yellowing”
Modern English
English
flavescent
“becoming yellow or golden-yellow”