Where does “ginseng” come from?
Ginseng comes from Mandarin 人参, literally meaning "man root," via earlier English adaptations of East Asian plant names.
ginseng (English): Any plant of two species of the genus "Panax" ,...
Definitions
- Any plant of two species of the genus "Panax" ,...
Ancestry of “ginseng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Mandarin | 人参 | — |
Words derived from “ginseng”