leafage

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.?

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef

English leaf

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin -āticus

Latin -āticum

Old French -agebor.

Middle English -age

English -age

English leafage

From leaf + -age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

leafage (countable and uncountable, plural leafages)

1. The leaves of plants collectively; foliage.

   Color change in New England is the tourist time, when people come to see the leafage turn brilliant colors.

   • 1932, Rudyard Kipling, They:

     She came towards me, half feeling her way between the tree boles, and though a child, it seemed, clung to her skirt, it swerved into the leafage like a rabbit as she drew nearer.

Translations

leaves collectively

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 树叶 (zh) (shùyè)， 叶子 (zh) (yèzi)