poireau
French
noun
Definitions
- leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)
- (slang) cock, dick
Etymology
Inherited from Old French por (for) inherited from Latin porrum (leek).
Origin
Latin
porrum
Gloss
leek
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- porray English
- *por Latin
- porrum Latin
- porro Italian
- poireauter French
- poirée French
- porrette French
- porrée French
- porra Spanish, Castilian
- porro Spanish, Castilian
- puerro Spanish, Castilian
- *pr̥so- Proto-Indo-European
- purre Norwegian Bokmål
- purre Norwegian Nynorsk
- porre Danish
- poiree Old French
- por Old French
- poree Old French
- porpartie Old French
- porpenser Old French
- porquant Old French
- porro Catalan, Valencian
- porró Catalan, Valencian
- porro Galician
- pouor Norman
- pour Norman
- pour Middle French
- porro Old Portuguese
- por Slovene
- puerru Asturian