köken: Interpreted by folk etymology as bella (“beautiful”) + donna (“lady”), from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
mandrake (plant of genus Mandragora) · common mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) · a mandragora sprite, supposed to be the root of the mandrake plant
çekim: çoğul alruinen
eş: alruinwortel., alruinmannetje
köken: From Middle Dutch alrune, possibly derived from Old High German alrūna, otherwise derived from a common source. The second element -ruin is held to be derived from Proto-Germanic *rūnō (“secret, mystery”), seemingly due to the plant's association with witchcraft.
köken: Borrowed from Italian belladonna, from bella donna (literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.
köken: Borrowed from Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
köken: Probably closely related to Romanian mătrăgună, ultimately from Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras), another poisonous nightshade. According to Zaicz, it's a Wanderwort, related to mandragora in various languages, and the initial n is a Hungarian innovation.
köken: From Ancient Greek μᾰνδρᾰγόρᾱς (măndrăgórās), probably from a non-Indo-European Pre-Greek/substrate, or possibly from Old Persian *merdum gija (“plant of humans”).