English

Indian aconite

Indian + aconite

Anglo-Norman indien

Middle English Indien

Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον ‘leopard's bane, Aconitum anthora’

Latin aconītum ‘any of the poisonous plants of the genus…’

French aconit ‘aconite, monkshood’

Today it means

noun Aconitum ferox, a species of plant from around the Himalayas known for the potentness of its poison.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Indian aconite