Ligneous
/ˈlɪɡ.ni.əs/noun
Made of, resembling, or consisting of wood.
Did you know?Its lineage runs through Latin *ligneus* from *lignum* (“wood”), the same root that gave English the rare scientific word *lignin*, the hard polymer that makes wood rigid.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*legʰ-
“to collect or gather, later associated in Latin with material gathered as fuel or wood”
Latin
Latin
lignum
“wood; timber; firewood”
Latin
Latin
ligneus
“of wood; wooden”
Middle English
English
ligneous
“wooden; made of wood”
Modern English
English
ligneous
“made of, resembling, or consisting of wood”