Etymology

jubarb

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French joubarbe ← Latin Iovis
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  1. Latin · derived fromIovis
  2. French · derived fromjoubarbe
  3. English todayjubarb

From the French joubarbe, jousbarbe, from the Latin Iovis barba (“Jove's beard”).

Words from the same roots

LatinIovis all →

Jove

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.