The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμυροβάλανος
- Latin · borrowed frommyrobalanum
- English todaymyrobalan
From Latin myrobalanum, myrobalanus (“ben nut”), from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos), from μύρον (múron, “perfume”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.