Where does “Geranium” come from?

Geranium (English) comes from Latin geranium, from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Geranium (English): Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae

Definitions

  1. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae

Ancestry of “Geranium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingeranium—
2Ancient Greekγερᾰ́νῐονcranesbill (Geranium tuberosum)
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Geranium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐον →Every word from Ancient Greek γερᾰ́νῐον →