Where does “persil” come from?

persil (Cornish) comes from Old French persil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

persil (Cornish): parsley

Definitions

  1. parsley

Ancestry of “persil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpersil
2Latinpetroselīnumrock parsley
3Ancient Greekπετροσέλινονparsley
4Ancient GreekΠέτροςPeter
5Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed
Every word from Ancient Greek πέτροςEvery word from Ancient Greek ΠέτροςEvery word from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον