Where does “Rhamnus” come from?

Rhamnus (Translingual) comes from Late Latin rhamnus, from Latin rhamnos, from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος — a thorny bush or shrub; boxthorn; stone buckthorn.

Rhamnus (Translingual): genus of buckthorn; genus of buckthorns

Definitions

  1. genus of buckthorn; genus of buckthorns

Ancestry of “Rhamnus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinrhamnusa thorn bush; buckthorn
2Latinrhamnosaccusative plural of rhamnus; buckthorn
3Ancient Greekῥάμνοςa thorny bush or shrub; boxthorn; stone buckthorn

Words derived from “Rhamnus”

Every word from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος →Every word from Latin rhamnos →Every word from Late Latin rhamnus →