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Where does “պրաս” come from?

պրաս (Armenian) comes from Old Armenian պրաս, from Ancient Greek πράσον, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.

պրաս (Armenian): leek, "Allium ampeloprasum"

Definitions

  1. leek, "Allium ampeloprasum"

Ancestry of “պրաս”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianպրասleek
2Ancient Greekπράσονleek, "Allium ampeloprasum"
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥so-leek
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