English
hypericon
Hypericon comes from Latin hypericon ‘ground pine’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhypericon‘ground pine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1936same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhypericon‘ground pine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1936same form
Earliest quotation: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art: “In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the…”
Every English word from Latin hypericon
Today it means
noun Hypericum; St. John's wort.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hypericon / hypericon