Where does “tansy” come from?

tansy (English) comes from Old French tanesie, from Latin tanacetum.

tansy (English): A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the...

Definitions

  1. A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the...

Ancestry of “tansy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtanesie—
2Latintanacetum—

Words derived from “tansy”

Every word from Latin tanacetum →Every word from Old French tanesie →