Where does “rhubarb” come from?

Rhubarb comes from Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-Norman reubarbe, from Latin rheubarbarum, from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον, combining Ancient Greek ῥῆον with Middle Persian rēwand.

rhubarb (English): Any plant of the genus "Rheum", especially Rheum...

Definitions

  1. Any plant of the genus "Rheum", especially Rheum...

Ancestry of “rhubarb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishrubarbeA kind of plant belonging to the genus "Rheum";...
2Anglo-Normanreubarbe
3Latinreubarbarumrhubarb
4Koine Greekῥῆον βαρβαρικόν
5Ancient Greekῥῆονrhubarb
6Middle Persianrēwand
7Middle Persianlypʾsrhubarb
8Proto-Iranian(h)rabā́šrhubarb; fennel
9Proto-Indo-Iranian(s)rabʰā́ćš
10Proto-Indo-Iranian-ā́ćšanimal and plant suffix
11Proto-Indo-European-eḱés

Words derived from “rhubarb

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -eḱésEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian -ā́ćšEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian (s)rabʰā́ćš