Where does “botanic” come from?

Botanic comes from Medieval Latin botanicus, meaning "of plants" or "relating to plants."

botanic (English): Of or pertaining to botany; Any substance of...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to botany; Any substance of...

Ancestry of “botanic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinbotanicus—
2Frenchbotaniquebotanical; botany
3Ancient Greekβοτανικόςpertaining to herbs
4Ancient Greekβοτάνηgrass, fodder, pasture; herb
5Ancient Greekβόσκωfeed, tend; feed, graze
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₃-to graze, pasture; to keep

Words derived from “botanic”

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