Foliaceous
/ˌfoʊ.liˈeɪ.ʃəs/noun
Having the nature of leaves or leaf-like.
Did you know?Foliaceous comes from Latin folium, “leaf,” a root that also gave us foliage and folio, because a sheet of paper was imagined as a leaf.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰel-
“To thrive, bloom, or shine; the ancestral source behind the Latin leaf-word family.”
Latin
Latin
folium
“A leaf.”
Late Latin
Latin
foliaceus
“Leafy; made of or resembling leaves.”
14th Century
English
foliaceous
“Leaf-like; pertaining to leaves.”
Modern English
English
foliaceous
“Having the nature of leaves or leaf-like.”