Where does “spirée” come from?

spirée (French) comes from Translingual Spiraea, from Ancient Greek σπειραία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

spirée (French): meadowsweet; spiraea (any of the plants in the Spiraea genus)

Definitions

  1. meadowsweet; spiraea (any of the plants in the Spiraea genus)

Ancestry of “spirée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualSpiraeaspirea
2Ancient Greekσπειραίαprivet
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ →Every word from Ancient Greek σπειραία →