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althea

Today it means: Any of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia. Full definition →

Latin althaea

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althea · noun¹

Latin · borrowed fromalthaea
Latin · borrowed fromalthaea
English todayalthea

Borrowed from Latin althaea.

Althea · proper noun²

Ancient Greek · derived fromἈλθαία
English todayAlthea

From Althaia or Althaea of Greek mythology, from Ancient Greek Ἀλθαία (Althaía).

Words from the same roots

Latinalthaea all →

Ancient GreekἈλθαία all →

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