cenoura.
carrot
Meaning & usage
carrot
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 çenoriabor. Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra Portuguese cenoura Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *çenoyra, from Old Spanish çanahoria, from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría, “wild carrot”). Cognate with Galician cenoria, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian and Spanish zanahoria (and its descendants into other languages), Maltese zunnarija, Catalan safanòria, Basque azenario and Libyan Arabic سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya).
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