Where does “finocchio” come from?

finocchio (English) comes from Italian finocchio, from Latin fēnuculum, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

finocchio (English): A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at...

Definitions

  1. A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at...

Ancestry of “finocchio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfinocchiofennel; queer, poof, nancyboy, faggot; bungler
2Latinfēnuculumfennel
3Latinfēnumhay
4Latinfaenumhay; any dried plant; fenugreek
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “finocchio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- →Every word from Latin faenum →Every word from Latin fēnum →
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