The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφάσηλος“a kind of bean”
- Latin · derived fromphaselus
- English todayphasel
From Latin phaselus, phaseolus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos, “a kind of bean”). Compare French phaséole, faséole, English fesels.
Words from the same roots
Latinphaselus all →
phaseoliform
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.