Where does “Asclepias” come from?
Asclepias (Translingual) comes from Latin asclepias, from Ancient Greek ἀσκληπιάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön-, from Turkish ön — sound, voice.
Asclepias (Translingual): genus
Definitions
- genus
Ancestry of “Asclepias”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | asclepias | common swallow-wart |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀσκληπιάς | swallow-wort |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 5 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 6 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 8 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 9 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |