myrtle

myrtle · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμύρτος“myrtle”
2. Latin · derived frommyrtillus
3. Old French · derived frommirtille
4. Middle English · derived frommirtille
5. English todaymyrtle

From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).

Myrtle · proper noun²

After the plant, myrtle; used since the end of the 19th century.

Words from the same roots