Where does “porrette” come from?

porrette (French) comes from Latin porrum, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.

Ancestry of “porrette”, step by step

porrette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin porrum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinporrumleek; chives
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥so-leek

via Latin porrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinporrusleek; a leek

Words derived from “porrette

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so-Every word from Latin porrum