The story
- Latin · derived fromfolium“leaf”
- Latin · derived fromtaxus“yew”
- English todaytaxifolin
From Latin taxus (“yew”) + -i- + Latin folium (“leaf”) + -in.
Words from the same roots
Latintaxus all →
taxoltaxane
Latinfolium all →
foliagefoliofolicfoliationfoliumfolic acidfoliferousfoliformfoliicolousfoliolefoliophagousfoliophagyfolivore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.