Where does “sitruunaverbena” come from?

sitruunaverbena (Finnish) comes from Finnish sitruuna, from Swedish citron, from French citron, from German zitrone, from Italian citrone, from Latin citron, from Ancient Greek κίτρον, from Latin citrum — cedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil.

sitruunaverbena (Finnish): lemon verbena, lemon beebrush, Aloysia citrodora

Definitions

  1. lemon verbena, lemon beebrush, Aloysia citrodora

Ancestry of “sitruunaverbena”, step by step

sitruunaverbena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sitruuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsitruunalemon
2Swedishcitrona lemon
3Frenchcitronlemon; lime; brimstone
4Germanzitronelemon fruit
5Italiancitronecitron
6Latincitron
7Ancient Greekκίτρονfruit of the citron tree
8Latincitrumnominative neuter singular of citer; accusative...
9Latincī̆truscitron tree
10Greekκέδροςcedar
11Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil

via Finnish verbena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverbenaverbena, beebrush; the genus "Verbena"
2Latinverbēnafoliage, especially that of olive, myrtle etc having religious and medicinal uses
Every word from Ancient Greek κέδροςEvery word from Greek κέδροςEvery word from Latin cī̆trus
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