a plant of the genus Althaea · marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) · a plant of the genus Hibiscus
çekim: çoğul Eibische · tamlayan Eibischs
eş: Althaea, Althee, Echter Eibisch, Althaea officinalis
köken: From Middle High German ībesche, from Old High German ībisca, from Proto-West Germanic *ībisku, from Late Latin ibīscum, hībiscum. Doublet of Hibiskus.
althea (any plant of the genus Althea), especially the marshmallow
çekim: çoğul alteias
eş: malvaísco
köken: Borrowed from Latin althaea, from Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ-, suffixed form of *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).
köken: Unknown, but likely a substrate word related to Hebrew מַלּוּחַ (mallū́aḥ, “saltbush”) and Ancient Greek μαλάχη (malákhē, “mallow”). Compare also Middle Armenian բաղբակ (baġbak) and Georgian ბალბა (balba, “mallow”).
Borrowed from Medieval Latin malvaviscus, from Latin malva (“mallow”) + hibiscum (“marsh mallow”), from Ancient Greek ἱβίσκος (hibískos). Cognate with English mallow, mauve, hibiscus.