Where does “levistico” come from?
levistico (Italian) comes from Late Latin levisticum, from Latin ligusticum, from Latin ligusticus, from Ancient Greek Λῐγῠστῐκός, from Ancient Greek Λίγυς, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...
levistico (Italian): lovage
Definitions
- lovage
Ancestry of “levistico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | levisticum | lovage |
| 2 | Latin | ligusticum | A plant indigenous to Liguria; lovage |
| 3 | Latin | ligusticus | Ligurian |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Λῐγῠστῐκός | Ligurian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Λίγυς | one of the Ligures; a Ligurian; an inhabitant of... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyǵ- | to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to... |