Etymology

peucedanum

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Today it means: Any apiaceous plant of the genus Peucedanum. Full definition →

translingual Peucedanum ← Latin peucedanum ← Ancient Greek πευκέδᾰνον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπευκεδᾰνός“bitter like resin”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπευκέδᾰνον
  3. Latin · derived frompeucedanum
  4. translingual · borrowed fromPeucedanum
  5. English todaypeucedanum

Borrowed from translingual Peucedanum, from Latin peucedanum, from Ancient Greek πευκέδᾰνον (peukédănon), substantivization of Ancient Greek πευκεδᾰνός (peukedănós, “bitter like resin”).

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