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Where does “nepeta” come from?

nepeta (English) comes from Translingual Nepeta, from Latin nepeta — catnip.

nepeta (English): Any plant of the genus "Nepeta" of flowering...

Definitions

  1. Any plant of the genus "Nepeta" of flowering...

Ancestry of “nepeta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualNepetanepeta
2Latinnepetacatnip
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