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Where does “cicely” come from?

cicely (English) comes from Latin seselis, from Ancient Greek σέσελις — hartwort; other kinds of hartwort.

cicely (English): "Myrrhis odorata", a plant in the genus...

Definitions

  1. "Myrrhis odorata", a plant in the genus...

Ancestry of “cicely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinseselissaxifrage, hartwort, seseli
2Ancient Greekσέσελιςhartwort; other kinds of hartwort
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