stavesacre

‘herbal plant of the Delphinium family’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. scafisage, staphisagrie, stave-acre < Lat. staphisagria < Gk. staphis agria ‘wild raisin’ < staphis + agria < agrios 'living in the fields' < agros 'field' < ayk < agro- < Tamil akaram