Etymology

pelargonium

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Today it means: Any of various flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium, similar to (and often confused with) true geraniums, but less hardy and often cultivated as annuals for ornamental purposes. Full definition →

translingual Pelargonium ← Ancient Greek πελαργός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπελαργός“stork”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromPelargonium
  3. English todaypelargonium

From translingual Pelargonium, from Ancient Greek πελαργός (pelargós, “stork”).

Words from the same roots

translingualPelargonium all →

storksbill

Ancient Greekπελαργός all →

pelargic

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.