Etymology

paulownia

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Today it means: Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia. Full definition →

New Latin paulownia ← German Pawlowna ← Russian Па́вловна
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  1. Russian · derived fromПа́вловна
  2. German · derived fromPawlowna
  3. New Latin · learned borrowing frompaulownia
  4. English todaypaulownia

Learned borrowing from New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, transliterating Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.

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