The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφυσαλλίς“bladder, wind instrument”
- English todayphysalis
From New Latin Physalis, coined by Linnaeus from Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder, wind instrument”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.