Where does “labdanum” come from?

labdanum (English) comes from Latin lādanum, from Ancient Greek λήδανον, from Ancient Greek λήδον — rockrose.

labdanum (English): A sticky brown resin obtained from species of...

Definitions

  1. A sticky brown resin obtained from species of...

Ancestry of “labdanum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlādanum—
2Ancient Greekλήδανονlabdanum, a resin obtained from rockroses
3Ancient Greekλήδονrockrose

Words derived from “labdanum”

Every word from Ancient Greek λήδον →Every word from Ancient Greek λήδανον →Every word from Latin lādanum →