zanahoria.
carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)
Meaning & usage
carrot (root vegetable, usually orange)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek στᾰφῠλή (stăphŭlḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Ancient Greek -ῐνος (-ĭnos) Ancient Greek -ῖνος (-înos) Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη (staphulínē)bor. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵr̥yos Ancient Greek ἀγρία (agría)bor. Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya)bor. Old Spanish çanahoria Spanish zanahoria Inherited from Old Spanish çanahoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya) and Maltese zunnarija), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”). Cognate to Asturian zanahoria, Catalan safanòria, Galician cenoria, Portuguese cenoura, Mirandese cenoura, Basque azenario and Aragonese zafanoria.
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