Where does “Apiaceae” come from?
Apiaceae (Translingual) comes from Translingual Apium, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
Apiaceae (Translingual): family, containing many vegetables and herbs}}
Definitions
- family, containing many vegetables and herbs}}
Ancestry of “Apiaceae”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Apium | genus |
| 2 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 3 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 5 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 6 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |