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Etymology

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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.

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beladona f (plural beladonas)

  1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Portuguese

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Borrowed from Italian belladonna, from 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.

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beladona f (plural beladonas)

  1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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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).

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  • IPA(key): /beladǒːna/
  • Hyphenation: be‧la‧do‧na

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beladóna f (Cyrillic spelling беладо́на)

  1. belladonna, deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
    Synonym: velebilje