fenoil

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, syncopated form of Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”).

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

fennel
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
  A ce appartienent bourrages, fenoil, percin, brouet de cezes, prunes, cerises doulces et matures, spinarches, vectes, safrain et les semblables.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

foin / fein

Descendants

French: fenouil
→ Old English: finule, finol, finugl, finugle
- Middle English: fenell, fenel, fenyl, fenele, vinel, finelle, fenelle
  - English: fennel
  - Scots: fennel

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