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Where does “fenygreke” come from?

fenygreke (Middle English) comes from Old French fenigrec, from Latin foenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-no-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fenygreke (Middle English): fenugreek

Definitions

  1. fenugreek

Ancestry of “fenygreke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfenigrec—
2LatinfoenumAlternative spelling of faenum
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-no-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

Words derived from “fenygreke”

  • fenugreek
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