The story
- Latin · derived frompenicillum
- English todaypenicil
From Latin penicillum, penicillus (“a painter's brush, a roll of lint, a tent for wounds”).
Words from the same roots
Latinpenicillum all →
pencil
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
penicil
Today it means: A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers. Full definition →
Latin penicillum