Where does “サイリウム” come from?

サイリウム (Japanese) comes from English psyllium, from Latin psyllium, from Ancient Greek ψύλλιον, from Ancient Greek ψύλλα, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

サイリウム (Japanese): glow stick

Definitions

  1. glow stick

Ancestry of “サイリウム”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsylliumAny of several plants of the subgenus Plantago...
2Latinpsyllium
3Ancient Greekψύλλιονfleawort
4Ancient Greekψύλλαflea; type of venomous spider, perhaps a type of...
5Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus-