The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπράσον“leek”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπράσιος“leek-green, green”
- English todaypraseo-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πράσιος (prásios, “leek-green, green”), from Ancient Greek πράσον (práson, “leek”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπράσιος all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.