The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἐφέδρα“sitting upon”
- English todayephedra
From Ancient Greek ἐφέδρα (ephédra, “sitting upon”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ephedra
Today it means: Any plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἐφέδρα