Where does “darlingtonia” come from?
darlingtonia (English) comes from English Darlington, from Middle English Dearnington, from Old English Deornoþingtun, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.
darlingtonia (English): Any of the genus Darlingtonia of California pitcher plants
Definitions
- Any of the genus Darlingtonia of California pitcher plants
Ancestry of “darlingtonia”, step by step
darlingtonia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Darlington
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Darlington | A pair of transistors with the emitter of one... |
| 2 | Middle English | Dearnington | — |
| 3 | Old English | Deornoþingtun | — |
| 4 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 5 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 6 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 9 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via taxonomic name Darlingtonia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | taxonomic name | Darlingtonia | — |