Where does “esparraguera” come from?

esparraguera (Spanish) comes from Spanish espárrago, from Latin sparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος, from Ancient Greek ἀσφάραγος, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰ — to jerk, to scatter.

esparraguera (Spanish): asparagus (a number of plants)

Definitions

  1. asparagus (a number of plants)

Ancestry of “esparraguera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishespárragoasparagus
2Latinsparagus
3Ancient Greekἀσπάραγοςasparagus; young shoots
4Ancient Greekἀσφάραγοςthroat, gullet; asparagus; shoots of other plants
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pregʰto jerk, to scatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pregʰEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀσφάραγοςEvery word from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος
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