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Where does “rapunculus” come from?

rapunculus (Latin) comes from Latin rapum, from Proto-Indo-European rap.

Ancestry of “rapunculus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrapumturnip
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrap—

Words derived from “rapunculus”

  • Rapunzel
  • rampion
  • rapunzel
  • Rapunzelian
  • rapuntium
  • Rapunzel
  • Rapunzel
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