Where does “mandrake” come from?
mandrake (English) comes from Old English mandragora, from Medieval Latin mandragoras, from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας, from Old Persian merdum gija — plant of humans.
mandrake (English): A mandragora, a kind of tiny demon immune to...
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