The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσέλῑνον
- Latin · derived fromselīnum
- Lombard · derived fromselleri
- French · borrowed fromcéleri
- English todaycelery
From French céleri, from Lombard selleri, a plural of Latin selīnum, from Ancient Greek σέλῑνον (sélīnon). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.