The story
- Latin · derived fromenula campana
- Middle English · inherited fromelena campana
- English todayelecampane
From Middle English elena campana, from a confusion of Latin enula campana and helenium.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
elecampane
Today it means: A tall Eurasian herb, Inula helenium, whose roots have been used medicinally. Full definition →
Middle English elena campana ← Latin enula campana