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Where does “nasturtium” come from?

nasturtium (English) comes from Old English nasturcium, from Latin nasturtium, from Latin nāris, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nasturtium (English): The popular name of any of the plants in the...

Definitions

  1. The popular name of any of the plants in the...

Ancestry of “nasturtium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnasturciumvarious plants with a spicy flavor in the family...
2Latinnasturtiumcress
3Latinnāris—
4Latinnāsus—
5Latin-ō—
6Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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