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 — the god Apis.
apiaceous (English): Of or relating to the family Apiaceae, including...
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- Of or relating to the family Apiaceae, including...
Ancestry of “apiaceous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Apiaceae | family, containing many vegetables and herbs}} |
| 2 | Translingual | Apium | genus |
| 3 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 4 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 6 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |