Where does “Orchidee” come from?

Orchidee (German) comes from French orchidée, from New Latin Orchideae, from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- — testicle.

Orchidee (German): orchid

Definitions

  1. orchid

Ancestry of “Orchidee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchorchidéeorchid
2New LatinOrchideae—
3Latinorchisorchid; kind of olive
4Ancient Greekὄρχιςtesticle; ovary; orchid
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erǵʰi-testicle

Words derived from “Orchidee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρχις →Every word from Latin orchis →