Where does “nasturtium” come from?
nasturtium (Middle English) comes from Old English nasturcium, from Latin nasturtium, from Latin nāris, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
Ancestry of “nasturtium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | nasturcium | various plants with a spicy flavor in the family... |
| 2 | Latin | nasturtium | cress |
| 3 | Latin | nāris | nostril |
| 4 | Latin | nāsus | The nose |
| 5 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |