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Where does “apiaceous” come from?

apiaceous (English) comes from Translingual Apiaceae, from Translingual Apium, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp.

apiaceous (English): Of or relating to the family Apiaceae, including...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the family Apiaceae, including...

Ancestry of “apiaceous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualApiaceae—
2TranslingualApium—
3Latinapiumparsley; celery; genitive plural of apis
4LatinApis—
5Ancient GreekἌπις—
6Copticϩⲁⲡⲉ—
7Egyptianḥp—
Every word from Egyptian ḥp →