The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pers-o-“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”
- grc-ion · derived fromΠροσερπίνη
- grc-dor · derived fromΠροσερπίνα
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΠερσεφόνη
- Latin · borrowed fromPrōserpina
- English todayProserpina
From Latin Prōserpina from Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē) by metathesis perhaps first in Magna Graecia via a Sicilian Doric Greek Προσερπίνα (Proserpína) or Ionic Greek Προσερπίνη (Proserpínē), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pers-o- (“sheaf of corn, grain, seed”) and *gʷʰn̥-t- (“to strike”), meaning 'grain-thresher' or 'She-who-threshes-the-grain'.
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekΠερσεφόνη all →
Persephone
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.