bulbil

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβολβός“plant with round swelling on underground stem”
2. Latin · derived frombulbus
3. Spanish · derived frombulbillo
4. English todaybulbil

From Spanish bulbillo, from the diminutive form of Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Words from the same roots