prezzemolo

Italian

Alternative forms

• petresemolo, petrosemelo, petrosemolo, petrosimolo, pretosemolo (archaic, dialectal)
• petorsello, pidursello, pitorsello, pitursello (archaic, central Italy)
• petrosello, petroselo, petrosillo, petrosilo, pitrosello (archaic, regional)
• petroselino, petrosellino, petrosilino, petrosillino (archaic, literary)
• petrosino (archaic, southern Italy)
• prasomelo, prassemolo, prassomelo, premolo, prezemolo, prozemolo, pruzzemolo (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

A syncope of earlier pretosemolo, with metathesis from petrosemolo, from a cross of Latin petroselīnum and sēmen (thus "stone seed") as in Sardinian perdusèmene. The Latin word borrowed from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pretˈt͡se.mo.lo/
• Rhymes: -emolo
• Hyphenation: prez‧zé‧mo‧lo

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Noun

prezzemolo m (plural prezzemoli)

1. parsley (plant and herb)

   Synonym: petrosello