prezzemolo

== Italian == === Alternative forms === petresemolo, petrosemelo, petrosemolo, petrosimolo, pretosemolo (archaic, dialectal) petorsello, pidursello, pitorsello, pitursello (archaic, central Italian) petrosello, petroselo, petrosillo, petrosilo, pitrosello (archaic, regional) petroselino, petrosellino, petrosilino, petrosillino (archaic, literary) petrosino (archaic, southern Italian) prasomelo, prassemolo, prassomelo, premolo, prezemolo, prozemolo, pruzzemolo (archaic, dialectal) === Etymology === A syncope of earlier pretosemolo, with metathesis from petrosemolo, from a cross of Latin petroselīnum and sēmen (thus "stone seed") as in Sardinian perdusèmene. The Latin word borrowed from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pretˈt͡se.mo.lo/ Rhymes: -emolo Hyphenation: prez‧zé‧mo‧lo === Noun === prezzemolo m (plural prezzemoli) parsley (plant and herb) Synonym: petrosello === References ===