Where does “chélidoine” come from?
chélidoine (French) comes from Latin chelīdonia, from Latin chelīdonius, from Ancient Greek χελιδόνιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
chélidoine (French): celandine
Definitions
- celandine
Ancestry of “chélidoine”, step by step
chélidoine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin chelīdonia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | chelīdonia | celandine, swallowwort |
| 2 | Latin | chelīdonius | of, belonging to, coloured like, or pertaining to the swallow |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χελιδόνιος | of, belonging to, built by, like, or pertaining... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |