LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

arborēscō

arborēscō (present infinitive arborēscere)
Classical[ar.bɔˈreːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[ar.boˈrɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. to become a tree
    namque tradunt auctores in Arabia malvas septimo mense arborescere baculorumque usum praebere.Indeed, authors in Arabia hand down the tradition that mallows become trees in the seventh month and see use as walking-sticks.c. 78 CE, Pliny the Elder, edited by Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff, Naturalis Historia, book 19, chapter 23:

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.arborēscōarborēscēbamarborēscam———
2nd sg.arborēscisarborēscēbāsarborēscēs———
3rd sg.arborēscitarborēscēbatarborēscet———
1st pl.arborēscimusarborēscēbāmusarborēscēmus———
2nd pl.arborēscitisarborēscēbātisarborēscētis———
3rd pl.arborēscuntarborēscēbantarborēscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.arborēscamarborēscerem——
2nd sg.arborēscāsarborēscerēs——
3rd sg.arborēscatarborēsceret——
1st pl.arborēscāmusarborēscerēmus——
2nd pl.arborēscātisarborēscerētis——
3rd pl.arborēscantarborēscerent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.arborēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.arborēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.arborēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.arborēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.arborēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.arborēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivearborēscere—
present participlearborēscēns
arborēscente, arborēscentem, arborēscentēs, arborēscentī, arborēscentia, arborēscentibus, arborēscentis, arborēscentīs, arborēscentium
—
gerundarborēscendī, arborēscendō, arborēscendum

arbŏresco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. [id.], to become a tree, to grow to be a tree, Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 62.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃érdʰeti?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃erdʰ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃r̥dʰōs
  6. Proto-Italic*arðōs
  7. Old Latinarbōs
  8. Latinarborēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin arborēscō From arbor (“tree”) + -ēscō.

Descendants
  • Englisharboresce
  • Portuguesearborescer

In English words that came into English from arborēscō

  • arborescentarborescens
  • arborescearborēscō

Quick answers

What does arborēscō mean in Latin?
arborēscō, a verb, means “to become a tree”.
What are the principal parts of arborēscō?
arborēscō, arborēscere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce arborēscō?
In classical Latin, [ar.bɔˈreːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ar.boˈrɛs.ko].
Where does arborēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃érdʰeti? → Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰōs → Proto-Italic *arðōs → Old Latin arbōs → Latin arborēscō.