The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπύρεθρον
- Latin · derived frompyrethrum
- Old English · inherited frompyretre
- English todaypyrethrum
From Old English pyretre, from (and later reformed after) Latin pyrethrum (in Pliny), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πύρεθρον (púrethron).
Words from the same roots
Latinpyrethrum all →
bertram
Ancient Greekπύρεθρον all →
bertram
First known use, by meaning
- from 10th c. Any of several daisy-like perennial African plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum cinerariifolium.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.