Where does “hedera” come from?
hedera (English) comes from Translingual Hedera, from Latin hedera, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰed- — to defecate.
hedera (English): Any Old World ivy of the genus "Hedera"
Definitions
- Any Old World ivy of the genus "Hedera"
Ancestry of “hedera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Hedera | genus name |
| 2 | Latin | hedera | ivy |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰed- | to defecate |
Words derived from “hedera”