English
esculentin
From esculent + -in.
Formed from esculent + -in
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ‘to eat’
Proto-Italic *ēsskā
Latin ēsca ‘food’
Latin ēsculentus ‘fit for eating, eatable, edible’
English esculent
Today it means
noun A particular steroid glycoside.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / esculentin