nepenthes

nepenthes · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷendʰ-“to endure, to suffer”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromνηπενθές
3. Latin · borrowed fromnēpenthes“a drug bringing relief from grief”
4. English todaynepenthes

Borrowed from Latin nēpenthes (“a drug bringing relief from grief”), from Ancient Greek νηπενθές (nēpenthés), neuter of νηπενθής (nēpenthḗs, “sorrow-banishing”), from νη- (nē-, “not”) + πένθος (pénthos, “grief”) (from πάσχειν (páskhein), present active infinitive of πάσχω (páskhō, “to be ill or injured in a certain way; to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷendʰ- (“to endure, to suffer”)). Compare French népenthès (“a plant from which a drug supposedly bringing relief from grief may be obtained; such a drug”).

nepenthes · noun²

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.