fennel
English
/ˈfɛnəl/
noun
Definitions
- A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
- (culinary) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
- (culinary) The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fenel inherited from Old English finugl, finuðl derived from Old French fenoil derived from Latin *fēnuclum, fēnuculum (fennel), faeniculum.
Origin
Latin
faeniculum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dog English
- dogfennel English
- fennelflower English
- finocchio English
- flower English
- *fenuclum Latin
- *fenunclu Latin
- *fēnuclum Latin
- faeniculum Latin
- fēniculum Latin
- fēnuculum Latin
- fēnum Latin
- Fenchel German
- finocchiaccio Italian
- finocchiella Italian
- finocchio Italian
- infinocchiare Italian
- fenouil French
- ahinojar Spanish, Castilian
- hinojo Spanish, Castilian
- fenol Old English
- finugl, finuðl Old English
- fenel Middle English
- fenkel Middle English
- fenoil Old French
- fiollo Galician
- fionllo Galician
- φινόκιο Greek (modern)
- venkel Middle Dutch
- finok Albanian
- *fionllo Old Portuguese
- *fũucho Old Portuguese
- fenolh Occitan
- fanucio Istriot
- fnoj Piedmontese