Etymograph

English

mandragora

Mandragora comes from Latin mandragorās ‘mandrake’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandragorās‘mandrake’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500mandragora
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1842same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandragorās‘mandrake’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500mandragora
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1842same form

Earliest quotation: 1842, anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizab, Keeping up Appearances. […]: “—though she did not know whether her supposed rival…”

Every English word from Latin mandragorās

Today it means

noun Any of various plants of the genus Mandragora.

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Etymograph / Latin mandragorās / mandragora

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