English Explanatory Dictionary

olitory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a kitchen garden; used for culinary purposes.
noun
  1. Any plant used for culinary purposes.

Word forms

olitory olitories

Etymology

From Latin olitōrius (“of or related to gardeners, produce, or vegetables”), from olitor (“gardener, seller of vegetables or herbs”), from olus + -itō (“forming frequentative verbs”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), variant of holus (“vegetable”), from Old Latin helus, believed to come from unattested Proto-Italic *helos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰélh₃-s ~ *ǵʰl̥h₃-és, from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) + *-s. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gulaz (“yellow”).

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