English
gerardia
Gerardia comes from English Gerard.
- English1500–presentGerard
- Englishearliest quotation 1922gerardia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentGerard
- Englishearliest quotation 1922gerardia
Earliest quotation: 1922, The New Nature Library: “It is a special pity to gather the gerardias,…”
The story
The obsolete genus derives from English Gerard, being named after English herbalist John Gerard (1545–1612).
Every English word from English Gerard
Today it means
noun Any of the genus Agalinis of flowering plants.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English Gerard / gerardia