mercurial
Middle English
noun
Definitions
- (botany) A plant belonging to the genus Chenopodium; a goosefoot.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mercuriālis (a plant, probably annual mercury).
Origin
Latin
mercuriālis
Gloss
a plant, probably annual mercury
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mercurial English
- mercurialism English
- mercurialist English
- mercuriality English
- mercurialization English
- mercurialize English
- mercurially English
- mercurialness English
- nonmercurial English
- organomercurial English
- phenylmercurial English
- unmercurial English
- mercuriālis Latin
- mercurial Old French
- mercurial xno