petalum

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*peth₂-“to spread out”
2. Proto-Hellenic · derived from*pétalos
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέταλον
4. New Latin · borrowed frompetalum
5. English todaypetalum

From New Latin petalum, from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”). Doublet of petal.

Words from the same roots