ethnobotanical
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.53 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
noun
Any plant used as part of ethnobotany, as for example in a folk remedy.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- English botany Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English botanical English ethnobotanical From ethno- + botanical.