Feminine

alfafa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
  2. (broadly, feminine) medick (any plant of the genus Medicago)

Synonyms

Translations

luzerne cultivée

lucerne

medicago sativa

erba spagna

Medicago sativa

spagna

erba-medica

Pronounced as (IPA)
/awˈfa.fɐ/
Etymology

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas Proto-Iranian *Hácwah Proto-Iranian *Hástiš Proto-Iranian *HacwaHastiš Old Median *aspāstišder. Arabic فَصْفَص (faṣfaṣ)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese alfalfa Portuguese alfafa Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfalfa, from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).

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