英语词汇parsnip的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	parsnip
词源	parsnip [LME] Parsnip is from Old French pasnaie, from Latin pastinaca, which is related to pastinare ‘dig and trench the ground’. The change in the ending was due to association with neep [OE], a Scots and northern English word for ‘turnip’ (from Latin napus). The form turnip appeared M16th, but the origin of the first syllable is not known.
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