caerefolium

Latin

Alternative forms

• chaerephyllum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯.reˈfo.li.um/, [käe̯rɛˈfɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.reˈfo.li.um/, [t͡ʃereˈfɔːlium]

Noun

caerefolium n (genitive caerefoliī or caerefolī); second declension

1. garden chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	caerefolium	caerefolia
genitive	caerefoliī caerefolī1	caerefoliōrum
dative	caerefoliō	caerefoliīs
accusative	caerefolium	caerefolia
ablative	caerefoliō	caerefoliīs
vocative	caerefolium	caerefolia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Catalan: cerfull
• French: cerfeuil
• Italian: cerfoglio
• Anglo-Norman: chervele
  • → Middle English: chervell, cherefelle, charville, charwelle, chervyl
    • English: chervil
  • Norman: cherfeu
  • Norman: chèrfi (Jèrriais)
• Occitan: cerfuèlh
• Spanish: cerefolio

Further reading

• “caerefolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caerefolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.