Etymology

nasturtium

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Today it means: The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America. Full definition →

Middle English nasturcium ← Old English nasturcium ← Latin nasturtium
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  1. Latin · derived fromnasturtium
  2. Old English · inherited fromnasturcium“watercress”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromnasturcium
  4. English todaynasturtium

From Middle English nasturcium, from Old English nasturcium (“watercress”), from Latin nasturtium.

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