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—
2SpanishChinchóna town in Madrid, Spain

Words derived from “cinchona”

Every word from Spanish Chinchón →Every word from New Latin cinchona →