beladono

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian belladonna (bella donna, literally “beautiful lady”), altered by folk etymology from Medieval Latin bladona (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). The folk etymology was motivated by the cosmetic use of nightshade for dilating the eyes.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [belaˈdono]
• Rhymes: -ono
• Hyphenation: be‧la‧do‧no

Noun

beladono (accusative singular beladonon, plural beladonoj, accusative plural beladonojn)

1. deadly nightshade, belladonna (Atropa belladonna)