Animals, plants & weather

petunia

Before tabac won out, French called tobacco pétun, from a Tupi word; a botanist named a tobacco-like flower Petunia after it, and gardeners took the Latin name into dozens of languages.

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The road to English

From New Latin to French

From New Latin to German

From New Latin to Russian

From New Latin to Spanish

From New Latin to Turkish

From English to Japanese

1550Old Tupi

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