Where does “ceci” come from?

ceci (Italian) comes from Italian cece, from Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- — pea.

ceci (Italian): plural of cece

Definitions

  1. plural of cece

Ancestry of “ceci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancecechickpea British, garbanzo US
2Latincicerchickpea; testicle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱiḱer-pea

Words derived from “ceci”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱiḱer- →Every word from Latin cicer →Every word from Italian cece →
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