English
ixora
Ixora comes from mul Ixora, and goes back to Sanskrit ई॒श्व॒र.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEई॒श्व॒रīśvará
- mulmodernIxora
- Englishearliest quotation 2022ixora
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEई॒श्व॒रīśvará
- mulmodernIxora
- Englishearliest quotation 2022ixora
Earliest quotation: 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds: “He could see[…]some ragged red ixora hedges that need…”
Every English word from Sanskrit ई॒श्व॒र
Today it means
noun Any of the flowering plants in the genus Ixora.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit ई॒श्व॒र / ixora