ligusticum

See also: Ligusticum

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (lĭgŭstĭkón, “bastard lovage”), from Λῐγῠστῐκός (Lĭgŭstĭkós, “Ligurian”), from Λῐ́γῠς (Lĭ́gŭs).

Noun

ligusticum n (genitive ligusticī); second declension

  1. A plant indigenous to Liguria; lovage.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative ligusticum ligustica
genitive ligusticī ligusticōrum
dative ligusticō ligusticīs
accusative ligusticum ligustica
ablative ligusticō ligusticīs
vocative ligusticum ligustica

Descendants

  • Italian: levistico, libistico
  • Old French: livesche, levesche, luvesche
    • French: livèche
    • → Middle English: loveache (see there for further descendants)
  • Romanian: leuștean
  • → Catalan: levístic
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *lubistik, *libistik, *libistok, *lubistok (see there for further descendants)
  • → Greek: λεβιστικό (levistikó)
  • → Hungarian: lestyán
  • → Portuguese: ligústica, levístico
  • → Spanish: levístico
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