Sabulose
/ˈsæbjʊˌloʊs/noun
Consisting of or containing sand; sandy.
Did you know?Sabulose comes from Latin sabulum, “sand,” and the same root also gave us the scientific word sabulous and the name of the sand-loving sabulicolous species in biology.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₂-
“To satisfy; to make full, with a later branch possibly linked to loose sediment terms in Italic”
Latin
Latin
sabulum
“Sand, gritty soil, or gravel”
Late Latin
Latin
sabulōsus
“Sandy; full of sand”
Middle English
English
sabulous
“Sandy or gravelly”
Modern English
English
sabulose
“Containing or resembling sand”