Where does “psyllium” come from?

psyllium (Finnish) comes from Latin psyllium, from Ancient Greek ψύλλιον, from Ancient Greek ψύλλα, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

psyllium (Finnish): psyllium dietary supplement

Definitions

  1. psyllium dietary supplement

Ancestry of “psyllium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpsyllium
2Ancient Greekψύλλιονfleawort
3Ancient Greekψύλλαflea; type of venomous spider, perhaps a type of...
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus-
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