Where does “rhafn” come from?

rhafn (Welsh) comes from Latin Rhamnus, from Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς, from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος — a thorny bush or shrub; boxthorn; stone buckthorn.

rhafn (Welsh): buckthorn (Rhamnus)

Definitions

  1. buckthorn (Rhamnus)

Ancestry of “rhafn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinRhamnusNemesis
2Ancient GreekῬαμνοῦςRhamnus, Attica, Greece
3Ancient Greekῥάμνοςa thorny bush or shrub; boxthorn; stone buckthorn

Words derived from “rhafn”

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