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Where does “Pastinaca” come from?

Pastinaca (Translingual) comes from Latin pastinaca, from Latin pastinum — A kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...

Ancestry of “Pastinaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpastinacaparsnip; stingray
2LatinpastinumA kind of two-pronged dibble; The action of...
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