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Where does “fenicul” come from?

fenicul (Romanian) comes from Latin foeniculum, from Latin fenuculum, from Latin fenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)-no-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

fenicul (Romanian): fennel

Definitions

  1. fennel

Ancestry of “fenicul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinfoeniculumAlternative form of fēnuculum
2Latinfenuculumfennel
3LatinfenumAlternative spelling of faenum
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-no-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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