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Where does “porrée” come from?

porrée (Middle French) comes from Latin porrum, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.

Ancestry of “porrée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinporrumleek; chives
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥so-leek

Words derived from “porrée”

  • Porree
  • poreo
  • póréhagymák
  • póré
  • póréhagyma
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