Cyclamen is Medieval Latin, from earlier Latin cyclamënos, from Ancient Greek úÃâ¦ÃºÃ»Ã¬Ã¼Ã¹Ã½Ã¿Ãâ, kyklÃÂÃÂmënos (also kyklÃÂmëÃÂs), probably from úÃÂúûÿÃâ, kýklos circle, because of the round tuber. In English, the species of the genus are commonly called by the genus name. In many languages, cyclamen species are colloquially called by a name like the English sowbread, because they are said to be eaten by pigs: pain de pourceau in French, pan porcino in Italian, varkensbrood in Dutch, pigs' manjÃ
« in Japanese.
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