Where does “chicorée” come from?

chicorée (French) comes from Old French cicorée, from Late Latin cichoria, from Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχόριον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

chicorée (French): chicory; The coffee substitute prepared from the...

Definitions

  1. chicory; The coffee substitute prepared from the...

Ancestry of “chicorée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcicorée
2Late Latincichoria
3Latincichōriumchicory, succory
4Ancient Greekκιχόριονchicory (Cichorium intybus)
5Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “chicorée

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐονEvery word from Ancient Greek κιχόριον
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