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Where does “peršin” come from?

peršin (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος, from Ancient Greek πέτρος — rock, stone, boulder; type of reed.

peršin (Serbo-Croatian): parsley

Definitions

  1. parsley

Ancestry of “peršin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpetroselīnum—
2Ancient Greekπετροσέλινονparsley
3Ancient GreekΠέτρος—
4Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed
Every word from Ancient Greek πέτρος →