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in reply to a message by Andromache
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=myrtle
Some plant names are so old that their origins really don't have any other etymology than the association with the plant. If you go right back, it comes from a root word meaning "was bitter" (the etymology would suggest that it's very, very distantly related to names like Mara and Merari).
www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
www.btnskitchen.blogspot.com
Some plant names are so old that their origins really don't have any other etymology than the association with the plant. If you go right back, it comes from a root word meaning "was bitter" (the etymology would suggest that it's very, very distantly related to names like Mara and Merari).
www.archaeochrisell.blogspot.com
www.btnskitchen.blogspot.com
This message was edited 9/4/2008, 7:53 AM
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