Etymology

agapanthus

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

taxonomic name Agapanthus ← Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) ← Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos
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  1. Ancient Greekἀγαπάω (agapáō)
  2. Ancient Greekἀγάπη (agápē)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂endʰ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éndʰos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ántʰos
  6. Ancient Greekἄνθος (ánthos)
  7. taxonomic nameAgapanthus
  8. English todayagapanthus

Borrowed from taxonomic name Agapanthus, from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē, “love, affection”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἀγάπη all →

agapeAgapemone

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.