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Where does “Aconiteae” come from?

Aconiteae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Aconitum, from Latin aconītum, from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κόνῑτος — without dust, without struggle.

Ancestry of “Aconiteae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAconitum—
2Latinaconītum—
3Ancient Greekἀκόνιτονleopard's bane, Aconitum anthora; wolf's bane,...
4Ancient Greekᾰ̓κόνῑτοςwithout dust, without struggle
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