Where does “myrtille” come from?

myrtille (French) comes from Medieval Latin myrtillus, from Latin Myrtus, from Ancient Greek Μύρτος, from Semitic m-r-r.

myrtille (French): blueberry fruit, bilberry

Definitions

  1. blueberry fruit, bilberry

Ancestry of “myrtille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinmyrtillusblueberry
2LatinMyrtusmyrtle
3Ancient GreekΜύρτοςmyrtle (Myrtus communis)
4Semiticm-r-r—
Every word from Semitic m-r-r →Every word from Ancient Greek Μύρτος →Every word from Latin Myrtus →