tursin
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Maltese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sicilian pitrusinu, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon). Probably an early borrowing in which the initial pi- was interpreted as the preposition bi (“with”), thus Maltese bit-tursin (“with parsley”), whence the backformation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tursin m