Where does “lādanum” come from?

lādanum (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek λήδανον, from Ancient Greek λήδον — rockrose.

Ancestry of “lādanum”, step by step

lādanum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek λήδανον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλήδανονlabdanum, a resin obtained from rockroses
2Ancient Greekλήδονrockrose

via Ancient Greek λάδανον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλάδανον

Words derived from “lādanum

Every word from Ancient Greek λήδονEvery word from Ancient Greek λήδανον