The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂eHs-
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀζαλέος“dry”
- translingual · borrowed fromAzalea
- English todayazalea
Borrowed from translingual Azalea, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “to dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.