calceolaria

The story

1. Latin · borrowed fromcalceolus“slipper, little shoe”
2. translingual · borrowed fromCalceolaria
3. English todaycalceolaria

From translingual Calceolaria, the genus of slipperworts, from Latin calceolus (“slipper, little shoe”) + -āria (“-ary: forming plant names”), from calceus (“calceus, footwear”) + -olus (“-ole: forming diminutives”), , from calx (“heel”) + -eus (adjective-forming suffix).