Where does “hortensie” come from?

hortensie (Romanian) comes from French hortensia, from New Latin Hortensia, from Latin Hortensius, from Latin hortensis, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.

hortensie (Romanian): hydrangea

Definitions

  1. hydrangea

Ancestry of “hortensie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhortensiahydrangea
2New LatinHortensia
3LatinHortensiusof or pertaining to the gens Hortensia
4Latinhortensisgarden
5Latin-ensisOf or from
6Latinarvumfield; farm land
7Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
8Latinquelō
9Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-