crocus · noun1
- Semitic · derived from
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκρόκος“crocus”
- Latin · learned borrowing fromcrocus
- English todaycrocus
Learned borrowing from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “crocus”), from an ancient Semitic language.
crocus · noun2
Perhaps related to croak.
Words from the same roots
Latincrocus all →
croydoncroker
Ancient Greekκρόκος all →
crokercrocosmiacroconiccrocose
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.