The story
- Latin · derived fromverticillus“a whirl”
- English todayverticillaster
Latin verticillus (“a whirl”) + aster (“a star”).
Words from the same roots
Latinverticillus all →
verticillus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
verticillaster
Today it means: A whorl of flowers apparently of one cluster, but composed of two opposite axillary cymes, as in mint. Full definition →
Latin verticillus