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Where does “petrezselyem” come from?

petrezselyem (Hungarian) comes from Medieval Latin petrosilium, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

petrezselyem (Hungarian): parsley

Definitions

  1. parsley

Ancestry of “petrezselyem”, step by step

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