Where does “poleo” come from?

poleo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish poleo, from Latin pulegium, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

poleo (Tagalog): corn mint (Mentha arvensis)

Definitions

  1. corn mint (Mentha arvensis)

Ancestry of “poleo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpoleopennyroyal
2Latinpulegiumpennyroyal
3Latinpūlexflea
4Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus- →