Etymograph

English

althea

Althea comes from Latin althaea ‘a wild mallow, marshmallow’, from Ancient Greek ἀλθαίνω ‘to heal’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂el-‘to grow, nourish’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eldʰ-reconstructedsuffixed form of *h₂el-
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλθαίνωalthaínō‘to heal’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀλθαία‘marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalthaea‘a wild mallow, marshmallow’
  6. Englishtodayalthea

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂el-‘to grow, nourish’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eldʰ-reconstructedsuffixed form of *h₂el-
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλθαίνωalthaínō‘to heal’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀλθαία‘marsh mallow, Althaea officinalis’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalthaea‘a wild mallow, marshmallow’
  6. Englishtodayalthea

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’

as, all, old, else, el, adult, element, ultimate, elder, ellen, alien, ultra, outrage, ou, qualification, alternate, alumni, adolescent, altitude, alter, abolish, alpine, altar, alias, alt, proletariat, alum, auld, retaliate, alimony, alto, alibi, alp, ulterior, parallax, altruism, coalesce, aad, eld, foetal, 67 more

Today it means

noun Any of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- / althea

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