perrexil

Meaning

1. (masculine) parsley
2. (masculine) rock samphire; sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum, an edible plant that grows near the sea)

Concepts

parsley

Petroselinum crispum

Synonyms

salsa

salsinha

Translations

prezzemolo

persil

Petersilie

maydanoz

julivert

peterselie

perejil

petroselinum crispum

مَقْدُونِس

petrosello

petroselinum

petroselinon

jolverd

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pe.ʁeˈʃiw/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Provençal: peressil

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese perrexil, borrowed from Old Occitan pe(i)ressil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).