Etymology

peloria

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Today it means: A variety of toadflax having five spurs instead of one. Full definition →

New Latin peloria ← Ancient Greek πέλωρ ← Latin -ia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived from-ia“-ia: forming neuter plurals”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέλωρ“monster”
  3. New Latin · borrowed frompeloria“mutant, especially mutant toadflax”
  4. English todaypeloria

From New Latin peloria (“mutant, especially mutant toadflax”), from Ancient Greek πέλωρ (pélōr, “monster”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia, -y: forming abstract nouns”) and Latin -ia (“-ia: forming neuter plurals”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέλωρ all →

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