Etymology

lepidium

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Today it means: Any cruciferous plant of the genus Lepidium, often called garden cresses or pepperworts. Full definition →

translingual Lepidium ← Latin lepidium ← Ancient Greek λεπίδιον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλεπίδιον
  2. Latin · derived fromlepidium
  3. translingual · borrowed fromLepidium
  4. English todaylepidium

Borrowed from translingual Lepidium, from Latin lepidium and Ancient Greek λεπίδιον (lepídion, literally “little scale”), diminutive of λεπίς (lepís, “scale, flake”).

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