Where does “finochio” come from?
finochio (English) comes from English finocchio, from Italian finocchio, from Latin fēnuculum, from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.
finochio (English): Alternative spelling of finocchio
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of finocchio
Ancestry of “finochio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | finocchio | A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at... |
| 2 | Italian | finocchio | fennel; queer, poof, nancyboy, faggot; bungler |
| 3 | Latin | fēnuculum | — |
| 4 | Latin | fēnum | — |
| 5 | Latin | faenum | hay; any dried plant; fenugreek |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |