Erythron
/ˈɛr.ɪ.θrɒn/noun
A botanical genus name for certain spring-flowering plants, including trout lilies.
Did you know?The same Greek root erythro- appears in medical words like erythrocyte, and in ancient Greek it was the ordinary color-word behind many later scientific terms.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁reudʰ-
“to be red, ruddy”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἐρυθρός (erythros)
“red, ruddy”
Classical Greek
Greek
ἐρύθρον (erythron)
“a red thing; later used as a plant name”
Modern Scientific Latin
Latin
Erythron
“a genus name for certain flowering plants”
Modern English
English
erythron
“the botanical genus name”