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Italian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /pretˈt͡se.mo.lo/
- Rhymes: -emolo
- Hyphenation: prez‧zé‧mo‧lo
Noun
prezzemolo m (plural prezzemoli)
- parsley (plant and herb)
- Synonym: petrosello
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