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Where does “Rapunzel” come from?

Rapunzel (English) comes from German Rapunzel, from Latin rapuntium, from Latin rapunculus, from Latin rapum, from Proto-Indo-European rap.

Ancestry of “Rapunzel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRapunzellamb's lettuce; rampion; spiked rampion
2Latinrapuntium—
3Latinrapunculus—
4Latinrapumturnip
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrap—

Words derived from “Rapunzel”

  • Rapunzelian
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