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Where does “ginzeng” come from?
ginzeng (Hungarian) comes from English ginseng, from Mandarin 人参.
ginzeng
(Hungarian): ginseng
Definitions
ginseng
Ancestry of “ginzeng”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
ginseng
Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties
2
Mandarin
人参
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Words derived from “ginzeng”
ginzengek
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