Etymology

senvy

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Today it means: The mustard plant or its seed. Full definition →

Middle English senvey ← Old French senevé ← Vulgar Latin *sināpātium
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσίνᾱπι
  2. Latin · derived fromsināpi
  3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*sināpātium
  4. Old French · derived fromsenevé
  5. Middle English · inherited fromsenvey
  6. English todaysenvy

From Middle English senvey, senevey, from Old French senevé, senevei, from Vulgar Latin *sināpātium, from Latin sināpi (→ Old French senef), from Ancient Greek σίνᾱπι (sínāpi).

Words from the same roots

Latinsināpi all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.