Where does “hypericum” come from?

hypericum (English) comes from Translingual Hypericum, from Latin hypericum, from Ancient Greek ὑπερικόν, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρεικος, from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

hypericum (English): Any of many flowering plants of the genus...

Definitions

Any of many flowering plants of the genus...

Ancestry of “hypericum”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Translingual	Hypericum	genus
2	Latin	hypericum	—
3	Ancient Greek	ὑπερικόν	—
4	Ancient Greek	ὑπέρεικος	St John's wort
5	Ancient Greek	ῠ̔πο-	under, lower; by, under; under”, “beneath
6	Ancient Greek	ὑπό
7	Proto-Indo-European	upó	under, below
8	Proto-Indo-European	h₃ewp-	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πο- →