Herbarium
/hɜːrˈbɛəriəm/noun
A collection of preserved plant specimens, or the place where such a collection is kept.
Did you know?Herbarium comes from Latin herba, and that same ancient plant-root also gave us words tied to fresh growth and greenery across Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*g̑her-
“to grow, to become green”
Latin
Latin
herba
“grass, herb, plant, greenery”
Late Latin
Latin
herbarium
“a place for herbs; a collection of herbs”
Middle English
English
herberie / herbarie
“a garden or place of herbs”
Modern English
English
herbarium
“a collection of preserved plant specimens”