The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψύλλιον“fleawort”
- Latin · borrowed frompsyllium
- English todaypsyllium
From Latin psyllium, from Ancient Greek ψύλλιον (psúllion, “fleawort”), from ψύλλα (psúlla, “flea”) + -ιον (-ion, forming neuter diminutives).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.