English
myron
Myron comes from Ancient Greek μῠ́ρον ‘any sweet juice distilled from plants and used…’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμῠ́ρονmŭ́ron‘any sweet juice distilled from plants and used for unguents or perfumes’
- Englishtodaymyron
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμῠ́ρονmŭ́ron‘any sweet juice distilled from plants and used for unguents or perfumes’
- Englishtodaymyron
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *smérus ‘grease’
Today it means
noun chrism; myrrh
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek μῠ́ρον / myron