myristic

Etymology tree
Byzantine Greek μύρον (múron)
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Byzantine Greek -ίζω (-ízō)
Byzantine Greek μυρίζω (murízō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Byzantine Greek -τις (-tis)
Byzantine Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Byzantine Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Byzantine Greek -τος (-tos)
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Byzantine Greek -κός (-kós)
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Byzantine Greek -τικός (-tikós)
Byzantine Greek μυριστικός (muristikós)der.
Late Latin myristicusder.
Italian miristicoder.
English myristic
From Italian miristico, from Late Latin myristicus (“fragrant”); the form Myristica first used by Linnaeus as a genus name for the nutmeg tree. From Ancient Greek μυριστικός (muristikós, “fragrant”), from Ancient Greek μυρίζω (murízō, “to anoint”), from μύρον (múron, “unguent, perfume”). Compare myronic.