The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὕδωρ“water”
- taxonomic name · borrowed fromHydrangea
- English todayhydrangea
Borrowed from taxonomic name Hydrangea, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, capsule”). Named by Carl Linnaeus after the shape of its fruits.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὕδωρ all →
hydrohydrateanhydroushydropsaerohydroushydatoidhydatophytehydatoscopyhydrohetaerolitehydromelhydrophyllium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.