-etumsuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -ētum.

Etymology: < classical Latin -ētum (in e.g. myrtētum myrtetum n., pīnētum pinetum n.), neuter of -ētus , -tus (see -ed suffix²).Earliest in the borrowing myrtetum n. in the 17th cent. Occasional formations within English are found from at least the 19th cent.; compare e.g. salicetum n. (and spelling history at that entry), filicetum n. at filix n. Derivatives.

(a) Forming nouns denoting a collection or plantation of plants of a type denoted by the first element (esp. plants of a single genus); cf. arboretum n., myrtetum n., pinetum n., salicetum n.; (b) Ecology forming nouns denoting vegetation, esp. a plant association (association n. 12), dominated by plants of a type denoted by the first element.

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1831 Gardener's Mag. Oct. 596 It [sc. Asplenium Nidus] is a superb plant, and is, we believe, in Messrs. Loddiges's matchless filicetum.

1881 Entomologist 14 54 Notes on oak-galls in the Quercetum of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.

1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 299 The suffix -etum is used to designate a consocies of a formation, e.g. Picetum, Caricetum, etc.

1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation i. 11 For a community dominated by species of Salicornia one refers to the Salicornietum.

2005 S. Guimont-Marceau & F. Rémillard Québec City (Ulysses Trav. Guides) (ed. 3) 117/2 The arboretum, herbacetum, rose garden and water garden are all worth a visit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	-etum
释义	-etumsuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -ētum. Etymology: < classical Latin -ētum (in e.g. myrtētum myrtetum n., pīnētum pinetum n.), neuter of -ētus , -tus (see -ed suffix²).Earliest in the borrowing myrtetum n. in the 17th cent. Occasional formations within English are found from at least the 19th cent.; compare e.g. salicetum n. (and spelling history at that entry), filicetum n. at filix n. Derivatives. (a) Forming nouns denoting a collection or plantation of plants of a type denoted by the first element (esp. plants of a single genus); cf. arboretum n., myrtetum n., pinetum n., salicetum n.; (b) Ecology forming nouns denoting vegetation, esp. a plant association (association n. 12), dominated by plants of a type denoted by the first element. ΚΠ 1831 Gardener's Mag. Oct. 596 It [sc. Asplenium Nidus] is a superb plant, and is, we believe, in Messrs. Loddiges's matchless filicetum. 1881 Entomologist 14 54 Notes on oak-galls in the Quercetum of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. 1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 299 The suffix -etum is used to designate a consocies of a formation, e.g. Picetum, Caricetum, etc. 1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation i. 11 For a community dominated by species of Salicornia one refers to the Salicornietum. 2005 S. Guimont-Marceau & F. Rémillard Québec City (Ulysses Trav. Guides) (ed. 3) 117/2 The arboretum, herbacetum, rose garden and water garden are all worth a visit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < suffix1831
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