- myrtle (n.)
[myrtle 词源字典]
- c. 1400, from Old French mirtile, from Medieval Latin myrtillus, diminutive of Latin myrtus "myrtle tree," from Greek myrtos "the myrtle, a sprig of myrtle," from same Semitic source as Greek myrrha (see myrrh).[myrtle etymology, myrtle origin, 英语词源]