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Where does “մառոլ” come from?

մառոլ (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مارول, from Byzantine Greek μαρούλιον, from Ancient Greek ἀμαρούλιον, from Latin amārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eh₃mós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eh₃- — to be hot; to burn.

մառոլ (Armenian): lettuce, "Lactuca"

Definitions

  1. lettuce, "Lactuca"

Ancestry of “մառոլ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمارول—
2Byzantine Greekμαρούλιονlettuce
3Ancient Greekἀμαρούλιον—
4Latinamārus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eh₃mósraw; uncooked; bitter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eh₃-to be hot; to burn
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