different between celery vs coriander

English

Etymology

From French céleri, from Lombard sèller, from Latin sel?num, from Ancient Greek ??????? (sél?non). Displaced English march (“celery, smallage”) and smallage (“wild celery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l.?.?i/
• Homophone: salary (in some accents)

Noun

celery (usually uncountable, plural celeries)

1. A European herb (Apium graveolens) of the carrot family.
2. (uncountable) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.
3. A yellow-green colour, like that of a celery.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (koríandron), of uncertain origin.

Compare Ancient Greek ????????? (koríannon), ?????????? (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek ???????????????????? (ko-ri-ha-da-na), ???????????????????? (ko-ri-ja-da-na), ???????????????????? (ko-ri-ja-do-no), ???????????????????? (ko-ri-jo-da-na), and Akkadian ???????????????? (^ú?urium).

Beekes supposes that cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koria?dro- may have dissimilated to *koria?dno-.

Doublet of cilantro.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??i?ænd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??i?ænd?/, /?k??i?ænd?/
• Rhymes: -ænd?(?)

Noun

coriander (usually uncountable, plural corianders)

1. The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
2. The dried fruits thereof, used as a spice.

Synonyms

• (herb): Chinese parsley
• dhania

Meronyms

• (Coriandum sativum): cilantro (US, the leaves, when fresh); in other dialects, this, too, like the rest of the plant, is called coriander

Derived terms

• Vietnamese coriander (Persicaria odorata)

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ?????? (koriand?)

Translations

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) , “?????????”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 754

Anagrams

• carried on