Where does “aconite” come from?

aconite (Latin) comes from Latin aconitus, from Latin aconītum, from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κόνῑτος — without dust, without struggle.

aconite (Latin): vocative masculine singular of aconītus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of aconītus

Ancestry of “aconite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaconitusmonkshood, wolfsbane
2LatinaconītumAny of the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum; wolfsbane, monkshood, aconite
3Ancient Greekἀκόνιτονleopard's bane, Aconitum anthora; wolf's bane,...
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓κόνῑτοςwithout dust, without struggle
Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κόνῑτοςEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτονEvery word from Latin aconītum