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- Ancient Greek · derived fromσταφίς“grape”
- Latin · derived fromstaphisagria
- English todaystavesacre
Late Middle English, from Latin staphisagria, from Ancient Greek σταφίς (staphís, “grape”) (from σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”)) + ἀγρία (agría, “wild”) (literally "living in the fields," from ἀγρός (agrós, “field”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.