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sarsaparilla

Meaningplant

Common meaning: climbing plant or drink flavoured with its root

Journey through time

  1. Spanishzarzaparilla‘plant’source
  2. Basquemeaning shiftsplant → bramblesartzia‘bramble’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbramble → climbing plant or drink flavoured with its rootsarsaparilla‘climbing plant or drink flavoured with its root’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Spanish zarzaparilla ‘plant’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SARSAPARILLA, p. 526 · dictionary scan

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