The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβαπτίζω“to immerse”
- taxonomic name · learned borrowing fromBaptisia
- English todaybaptisia
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Baptisia, derived from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse”), in reference to the plant's use as a source of dye.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekβαπτίζω all →
baptize
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.