Where does “λινόζωστις” come from?

λινόζωστις (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λίνον, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

λινόζωστις (Ancient Greek): mercury (Mercurialis annua)

Definitions

  1. mercury (Mercurialis annua)

Ancestry of “λινόζωστις”, step by step

λινόζωστις traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek λίνον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλίνονflax; anything made of flax
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Ancient Greek ζώννῡμι

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekζώννῡμιto gird; especially to gird round the loins in wrestling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Ancient Greek λίνον →