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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
TARAXACUM.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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TARAXACUM,
the dandelion. (Arab.) 'Taraxacum or Taraxacon,
the herb dandelion or sow-thistle;' Phillips, ed. 1706. The common
dandelion is Leontodon taraxacum. The etymology of this
strange word is given by Devic, Supp. to Littré. He shews that it is
not Greek, but Arabic or Persian. We find Pers. tarkhashqún, wild
endive; Rich. Dict. p. 967; but Devic says he can only find, in Razi, the
statement that 'the tarashaqúq is like succory, but more efficacious,' where he
thinks we evidently ought to read tarashaqún, and to explain it by dandelion or
wild succory. In Gerard of Cremona he finds Arab. tarasacon,
explained as a kind of succory; and a chapter on taraxacon in a Latin edition of
Avicenna, Basle, 1563, p. 312.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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