Etymology

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Today it means: Celery in its wild uncultivated form. Full definition →

Middle English smalache
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsmalache
  2. English todaysmallage

From Middle English smalache, equivalent to small + ache (“celery, parsley”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.