prezzemolo
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/