The story
- Latin · derived fromtormentilla“minor pain”
- English todaytormentil
From mediaeval Latin tormentilla (“minor pain”), perhaps referring to the conditions that the plant was used to treat.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tormentil
Today it means: A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla). Full definition →
Latin tormentilla