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Where does “Allium” come from?
Allium (taxonomic name) comes from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.
Ancestry of “Allium”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
allium
late form of ālium
2
Proto-Indo-European
ālu-
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Words derived from “Allium”
allium
allylene
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