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Where does “persil” come from?

persil (French) comes from Old French persil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

persil (French): parsley

Definitions

  1. parsley

Ancestry of “persil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpersil—
2Latinpetroselīnum—
3Ancient Greekπετροσέλινονparsley
4Ancient GreekΠέτρος—
5Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed

Words derived from “persil”

  • persillade
  • persillade
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