prezzemolo
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A syncope of earlier pretosemolo, with metathesis from petrosemolo, from a cross of Latin petroselīnum and sēmen (thus "stone seed") as in Sardinian perdusèmene.[1][2] The Latin word borrowed from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
prezzemolo m (plural prezzemoli)
- parsley (plant and herb)
- Synonym: petrosello
References[edit]
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “prezzemolo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ http://tlio.ovi.cnr.it/TLIO/
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- it:Celery family plants
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