tursin

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Maltese

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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tursin m

  1. parsley