Where does “potamogeton” come from?

potamogeton (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ποταμογείτων, from Ancient Greek Ποταμός, from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- — to spread out; to fly.

potamogeton (Latin): pondweed

Definitions

  1. pondweed

Ancestry of “potamogeton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekποταμογείτωνpondweed
2Ancient GreekΠοταμόςriver, stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeth₂-to spread out; to fly

Words derived from “potamogeton”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peth₂- →Every word from Ancient Greek Ποταμός →Every word from Ancient Greek ποταμογείτων →