Where does “cyperus” come from?

cyperus (English) comes from Translingual Cyperus, from Latin cyperus, from Ancient Greek κύπειρος, from Ancient Greek κύπειρον — galingale.

cyperus (English): Any sedge of genus "Cyperus"

Definitions

  1. Any sedge of genus "Cyperus"

Ancestry of “cyperus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCyperusgenus
2Latincyperusgalingale
3Ancient Greekκύπειρος—
4Ancient Greekκύπειρονgalingale

Words derived from “cyperus”

Every word from Ancient Greek κύπειρον →Every word from Ancient Greek κύπειρος →Every word from Latin cyperus →