Etymology

alliaceous

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Today it means: Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion. Full definition →

Latin allium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromallium“garlic”
  2. English todayalliaceous

From Latin allium (“garlic”) + -aceous.

Words from the same roots

Latinallium all →

alliumalliin

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