Etymograph

English

acalypha

Acalypha comes from mul-tax Acalypha.

  1. mul-taxmodernAcalypha
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1979acalypha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. mul-taxmodernAcalypha
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1979acalypha

Earliest quotation: 1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple: “Stumping my way through a welter of staghorns and…”

Today it means

noun Any plant of the genus Acalypha of flowering plants, found in tropical and subtropical environments.

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

Etymograph / mul-tax Acalypha / acalypha