celery English · revision 888

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsɛləɹi/ ''(UK)''; /ˈsɛləɹi/, /ˈsɛlɹi/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|céleri]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from Lombard Italian ''seleri'', the plural of ''selero'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from [[la-lat|selīnon|t=parsley]], [[der|grc|σέλινον|tr=sélinon|t=parsley]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) a word of uncertain origin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The plant cultivated for its blanched stalks (1664).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word first appeared as ''sellery'';^(Etymonline) the spelling with ''c-'', from French, is attested by 1719.^(Etymonline) In Medieval Greek ''sélinon'' had already shifted from parsley to celery.^(Etymonline) Middle English words for wild celery were ''ache'' and ''selinum''.^(Etymonline) The plural form of the Italian source is paralleled in [[lettuce]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1664 – the plant, as ''sellery''.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1719 – the spelling ''celery''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1827 – ''celery pine''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[biennial]] European plant, ''Apium graveolens'', of the [[parsley]] family, with edible roots, leafstalks, leaves and seeds.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The crisp thick leafstalks of this plant, eaten raw or cooked.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The seed-like fruits of this plant, used as a flavouring.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[celeriac]]

+ * [[celery cabbage]]

+ * [[celery root]]

+ * [[celery salt]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parsley]]

+ * [[fennel]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}