Where does “samettirakuuna” come from?
samettirakuuna (Finnish) comes from Finnish rakuuna, from Swedish dragon, from French estragon, from French estargon, from French targon, from Latin tarcon, from Latin altarcon, from Arabic طَرْخُون.
samettirakuuna (Finnish): Mexican tarragon, sweetscented marigold, Tagetes lucida perennial plant native to Mexico and Central America with tarragon-flavored leaves, used as a medicinal plant and as a culinary herb
Definitions
- Mexican tarragon, sweetscented marigold, Tagetes lucida perennial plant native to Mexico and Central America with tarragon-flavored leaves, used as a medicinal plant and as a culinary herb
Ancestry of “samettirakuuna”, step by step
samettirakuuna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rakuuna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rakuuna | dragoon; tarragon |
| 2 | Swedish | dragon | a dragoon; the perennial herb tarragon; leaves of... |
| 3 | French | estragon | tarragon |
| 4 | French | estargon | — |
| 5 | French | targon | — |
| 6 | Latin | tarcon | — |
| 7 | Latin | altarcon | — |
| 8 | Arabic | طَرْخُون | tarragon; "Artemisia dracunculus" |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δρακόντιον | edder-wort |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | Draco |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |