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Where does “orquideario” come from?

orquideario (Spanish) comes from Spanish orquídea, from New Latin Orchideae, from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- — testicle.

orquideario (Spanish): orchidarium

Definitions

  1. orchidarium

Ancestry of “orquideario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishorquídeaorchid
2New LatinOrchideae—
3Latinorchisorchid; kind of olive
4Ancient Greekὄρχιςtesticle; ovary; orchid
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erǵʰi-testicle
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