Etymology

agalinis

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Today it means: Any member of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants. Full definition →

taxonomic name Agalini ← Latin linis ← Proto-Italic *līnom
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m̥ǵh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*əga-
  4. Ancient Greekἀγα- (aga-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*līnom
  6. Proto-Italic*līnom
  7. Latinlinis
  8. taxonomic nameAgalini
  9. English todayagalinis

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Agalinis.

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