The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβοτανικός
- French · derived frombotanique
- Medieval Latin · derived frombotanicus
- English todaybotanic
From the Medieval Latin botanicus, perhaps via the French botanique, from the Ancient Greek βοτανικός (botanikós), from βοτάνη (botánē, “herb, pasture”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.