The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλυσσον
- taxonomic name · borrowed fromAlyssum
- English todayalyssum
Borrowed from taxonomic name Alyssum, from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
alyssum
Today it means: Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers. Full definition →
taxonomic name Alyssum ← Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον