The Hidden Origins of Three English Plant Names
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/The%20Hidden%20.jpg?itok=loTnXWMY"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/The%20Hidden%20.jpg?itok=loTnXWMY" width="610" height="375" alt="The Hidden Origins of Three English Plant Names: Carnation & Oleander &…" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>The names of plants, or phytonyms (from Ancient Greek
phytón, ‘plant’, and
ónoma, ‘name’, ‘noun’), are a very significant part of the lexicon of a language. They represent not only a relevant ‘specialized vocabulary’, but, when investigated through the analysis of the linguistic procedures implemented by speakers to generate them, tell us a lot about <a href="https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1061059" rel="nofollow">the mindset and culture of a population[/url]. The etymological reconstructions of phytonyms often hold surprises and challenges for the Linguists who study them and, once completed, enable them to understand <a href="https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/mg2vrdvvth/1" rel="nofollow">the perspectives of a group of individuals and to document their perception of the world[/url].</p>
<p>The English
language has a very rich botanical lexicon, and English plant names often tell us <a href="
https://www.britannica.com/science/ethnobotany" rel="nofollow">fascinating stories[/url]. Their origins are etymologically captivating or conceptually startling. Let’s briefly comment on three of them, which are linguistically unique.? </p>
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