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Where does “flageolet” come from?

flageolet (French) comes from Italian fagiolo, from Latin phaseolus, from Latin phaselus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος — cowpea.

flageolet (French): flageolet; A type of kidney bean, common in...

Definitions

  1. flageolet; A type of kidney bean, common in...

Ancestry of “flageolet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfagiolobean
2LatinphaseolusA type of bean with an edible pod; in Antiquity:...
3Latinphaselusa kind of bean with an edible pod, French bean,...
4Ancient Greekφάσηλοςcowpea

Words derived from “flageolet”

  • flageolet
  • flageoletist
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