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Where does “gínjol” come from?

gínjol (Catalan) comes from Latin zizyphum, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον, from Ancient Greek Σίσυφος, from Ancient Greek σοφός — clever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

gínjol (Catalan): jujube

Definitions

  1. jujube

Ancestry of “gínjol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinzizyphumjujube fruit
2Ancient Greekζίζυφονjujube
3Ancient GreekΣίσυφος—
4Ancient Greekσοφόςclever, skillful, cunning, able; intelligent,...

Words derived from “gínjol”

  • ginjoler
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