agrimony

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀργεμώνη“Papaver argemone, prickly poppy”
2. Latin · derived fromargemōnia“a kind of poppy”
3. Late Latin · derived fromagrimōnia
4. Old French · derived fromagremoine
5. Middle French · derived fromagremoine
6. Old English · inherited fromagrimonia
7. Middle English · inherited fromegremoyne
8. English todayagrimony

From Middle English egremoyne, from a conflation of Old English agrimonia and Middle French agremoine (from Old French agremoine, variant of aegremone), both from Late Latin agrimōnia, metathesized from Latin argemōnia (“a kind of poppy”) (probably by association with ager, agri- (“field”)), from Ancient Greek ἀργεμώνη (argemṓnē, “Papaver argemone, prickly poppy”), probably from ἄργεμον (árgemon, “leucoma”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).