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Where does “persillum” come from?

persillum (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European pers- — to sprinkle, to spatter.

persillum (Latin): A kind of phial used in sacrifices

Definitions

  1. A kind of phial used in sacrifices

Ancestry of “persillum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpers-to sprinkle, to spatter
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