nymphaea

nymphaea · noun¹

1. Ancient Greekνῠμφαία (nŭmphaía)
2. Latinnymphaea
3. English todaynymphaea

From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.

nymphaea · noun²

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