parsnip

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A biennial plant, Pastinaca sativa, related to the carrot.
2. The root of the parsnip, when used as a vegetable.

Concepten

pastinaak

Synoniemen

Pastinaca sativa

stingray

tuber

turnip

cultivated parsnip

Vertalingen

panais

pastinaca

Pastinake

chirivía

pastinaca

Pastinaca sativa

pastinaga

pastinaca

Pastinak

xirivia

Pastinaca

Pastinakwurzel

cenoura-brava

cherovia

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɑɹ.snɪp/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: passenep

In summary

From 16th-century parsnepe, from Middle English passenep, a modification of Old French pasnaie by influence of Middle English nepe (“turnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”) as in pastināre (“to dig up the ground”).