prezzemolo

Italian

Etymology

From a contraction/syncopation of an earlier pretosemolo, with metathesis from petrosemolo, from a Vulgar Latin *petrosenilo (with influence from semen)[1], itself with metathesis from Latin petroselīnum[2], from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, stone) + σέλινον (sélinon, celery).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pretˈt͡se.mo.lo/
  • Hyphenation: prez‧zé‧mo‧lo

Noun

prezzemolo m (plural prezzemoli)

  1. parsley (plant and herb)

References

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