Etymograph

English

chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum comes from Ancient Greek χρῡσάνθεμον ‘Persian buttercup’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ- ‘to bloom’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂endʰ-‘to bloom’root as named
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχρῡσάνθεμονkhrūsánthemon‘Persian buttercup’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2023chrysanthemum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂endʰ-‘to bloom’root as named
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχρῡσάνθεμονkhrūsánthemon‘Persian buttercup’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2023chrysanthemum

Earliest quotation: 2023, translated in 2025, Berta Páramo and translated by Marc Correa Haro: “*Permethrin is the artificial version of pyrethrin, which is…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ- ‘to bloom’

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Today it means

noun Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂endʰ- / chrysanthemum

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