Where does “pasternake” come from?

pasternake (Middle Low German) comes from Latin pastinaca, from Latin pastinum — A kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...

Ancestry of “pasternake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpastinacaparsnip; stingray
2LatinpastinumA kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...
Every word from Latin pastinumEvery word from Latin pastinaca
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