parsnip

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a cultivated biennial plant related to the carrot, or its long, pale, sweet-tasting edible root

   She roasted the parsnip with carrots, thyme, and a little honey.

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Simplified etymology

Parsnip comes from Old French pasnaie, ultimately from Latin pastinaca, a word related to pastinare, “to dig and trench the ground.” Its ending was reshaped through association with neep, a Scots and northern English word for “turnip.”

From Middle English passenep and Old French pasnaie, ultimately Latin pastinaca, 'parsnip or carrot.' The ending was reshaped under the influence of Middle English nepe, 'turnip,' producing the modern form.

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