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Handout: The etymology of the word ‘herbarium’, by Kanchi Gandhi

Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University. (c) Lena Struwe

Herbarium folders at Chrysler Herbarium, Rutgers University. (c) Lena Struwe

How did the word ‘herbarium’ come to be?  It actually has ancient roots in the deep history of Indo-European languages, and its origin and formation in Latin is explained in this handout by Kanchi Gandhi.

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Old Swedish herbarium press. (c) Lena Struwe

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