The story
- Latin · derived fromrānunculus“small frog”
- translingual · derived fromRanunculus
- English todayranunculin
From the intermediary English ranunculus or directly from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus (“small frog”) + -in (“chemical compound”).
Words from the same roots
translingualRanunculus all →
ranunculus
Latinrānunculus all →
ranunculusranunculite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.