What Does Euonymus Mean?
Euonymus has its origin in Greek and is obtained from the word euōnumos. Euōnumos is made of ‘au’ and onuma. The ‘eu’ in euōnumos means good and onuma means name. Thus, Euonymus means good name. In Latin euōnymus is a name given to a tree in Lesbos. This word Euonymus has not been used as boy or a girl name. Euonymus is the name of a genus of plant kingdom and is also called spindle tree. This scientific name of the tree is a conserved name or is also called nomen conservadum. Nomen conservadum means ‘a name which should be conserved’. It enjoys the special nomenclature protection. This protection or conservation is applicable to the spelling name Euonymus and not Evonymus.
