Where does “livèche” come from?
livèche (French) comes from Vulgar Latin levistica, from Latin levisticum, from Latin ligusticum, from Latin ligusticus, from Ancient Greek Λῐγῠστῐκός, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...
livèche (French): lovage
Ancestry of “livèche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | levistica | — |
| 2 | Latin | levisticum | lovage |
| 3 | Latin | ligusticum | A plant indigenous to Liguria; lovage |
| 4 | Latin | ligusticus | Ligurian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Λῐγῠστῐκός | Ligurian |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Λίγυς | one of the Ligures; a Ligurian; an inhabitant of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyǵ- | to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to... |