prezzemolo

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”).

• IPA^(key): /pretˈt͡se.mo.lo/
• Rhymes: -emolo
• Hyphenation: prez‧zé‧mo‧lo

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prezzemolo m (plural prezzemoli)

1. parsley (plant and herb)

   Synonym: petrosello