Where does “pennyroyal” come from?

pennyroyal (English) comes from English puliol royal, from Latin pulegium, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

pennyroyal (English): "Mentha pulegium", a plant of the mint family,...

Definitions

  1. "Mentha pulegium", a plant of the mint family,...

Ancestry of “pennyroyal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpuliol royalpennyroyal
2Latinpulegiumpennyroyal
3Latinpūlexflea
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →Every word from Latin pūlex →Every word from Latin pulegium →