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faenum.

hay; [~ Graecum => fenugreek];

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfae̯.nũː]Classical-Latin[ˈfɛː.num]
  1. hay

    declension-2 · neuter
  2. any dried plant

    broadly · declension-2 · neuter · rare
  3. fenugreek

    declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *fēnom (“hay”), from earlier *θēnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no- (“yield”), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle; to nurse”); on the semantic shift, compare fecundus (“fertile”).

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