Where does “agrimonie” come from?
agrimonie (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin agrimōnia, from Latin argemōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀργεμώνη, from Ancient Greek ἄργεμον, from Ancient Greek ἀργός, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- — together, one.
Ancestry of “agrimonie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | agrimōnia | — |
| 2 | Latin | argemōnia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀργεμώνη | {{vern|pale poppy}}, {{taxlink|Papaver... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄργεμον | albugo, a white speck on the eye; herb bennet,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀργός | white, bright; swift; not working, idle |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |