Where does “pollegie” come from?

pollegie (Old English) comes from Latin pulegium, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

pollegie (Old English): pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium

Definitions

  1. pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium

Ancestry of “pollegie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpulegiumpennyroyal
2Latinpūlexflea
3Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →