The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπράσιος“of a green colour”
- Latin · derived fromprasius
- English todayprase
From Latin prasius, from Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “of a green colour”), from πράσον (práson, “leek”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπράσιος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.