Etymology

petunia

pe·tu·ni·a
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Today it means: Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids. Full definition →

taxonomic name Petunia ← French pétun ← Old Tupi petyma
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petunia · noun, adjective1

  1. Old Tupipetyma
  2. Frenchpétun
  3. taxonomic namePetunia
  4. English todaypetunia

Borrowed from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).

Petunia · proper noun2

From petunia.

Words from the same roots

Frenchpétun all →

petun

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