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Where does “spinacio” come from?

spinacio (Italian) comes from Spanish espinaca, from Andalusian Arabic إِسْبِنَاخ, from Arabic إسفاناخ, from Persian اسفناج — spinach.

spinacio (Italian): spinach

Definitions

  1. spinach

Ancestry of “spinacio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishespinacaspinach
2Andalusian Arabicإِسْبِنَاخ—
3Arabicإسفاناخ—
4Persianاسفناجspinach

Words derived from “spinacio”

  • шпинат
  • Spinat
  • Blattspinat
  • špinat
  • шпинат
  • spenót
Every word from Persian اسفناج →