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Where does “Taraxacum” come from?

Taraxacum (Translingual) comes from Medieval Latin taraxacum, from Arabic طَرَخْشَقُون, from Middle Persian *tarrag-ī škōhān.

Ancestry of “Taraxacum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintaraxacum—
2Arabicطَرَخْشَقُون—
3Middle Persian*tarrag-ī škōhān—
Every word from Middle Persian *tarrag-ī škōhān →