The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀσπίς“shield”
- New Latin · derived fromaspidium“shield fern”
- taxonomic name · borrowed fromAspidium
- English todayaspidium
A genericized form of taxonomic name Aspidium, from New Latin aspidium (“shield fern”) proposed by Schwartz in Schrader's Journal für die Botanik in 1800, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ium.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀσπίς all →
aspaspidoliteaspisendaspideanexaspideanholaspideanprotaspis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.