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Where does “cinchona” come from?

Cinchona comes from New Latin cinchona, named after the Spanish place Chinchón.

cinchona (English): A tree or shrub of the genus "Cinchona", native...

Definitions

  1. A tree or shrub of the genus "Cinchona", native...

Ancestry of “cinchona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latincinchona—
2SpanishChinchón—

Words derived from “cinchona”

  • cinchonism
  • cinchonic
  • cinchonize
  • cinchonaceous
  • cinchonise
Every word from Spanish Chinchón →