Etymology

agastache

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Today it means: A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄγαν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστάχυς“ear of grain”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄγαν“very much”
  3. English todayagastache

Coined by John Clayton from Ancient Greek ἄγαν (ágan, “very much”) + Ancient Greek στάχυς (stákhus, “ear of grain”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekστάχυς all →

distachyous

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