#Dill is an herb originated in North Africa, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula. The name in these regions is Semitic, such as Arabic شبت (šibitt) and Azerbaijani şüyüd. In Europe the plant’s name falls into three main groups. The first group is Germanic-derived, giving English, German and Swedish "dill". This root also appears in some non‑Germanic languages, for example Latvian dilles.

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Spring is found in more than fifteen languages. English, among them, employs “spring” to denote the season when vegetation begins to “spring” forth, or emerge. Before its adoption in English, the word was “Lent”, like in Dutch Lente, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn, literally “longer day” in reference to the lengthening of daylight.

Although now a staple of several European cultures, the potato is not a native plant; it was introduced as patata by the Spanish in the second half of the 16th century following their arrival in the Americas. It was borrowed from the Taíno word batata "sweet potato". As the crop was slowly introduced to the public, this name evolved into the English potato, the Swedish potatis, and the Turkish patates.

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It can have many names: Menta, Minze, Menthe, Mjata, but all of them refer to Mint. The origin of this word is Greek: μίνθη (mínthē) or μίνθα (míntha). This name is pretty widely spread but we can find other names on the map: Turkish nane, Macedonian нана (nana) or Arabian نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ) looks similar because they shared the same root: Hurrian *an-an-uḫḫə or *an-an-uγə.

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Pastinaca sativa is the scientific name familiar to botanists, while the rest of us know it as #Parsnip. This term is widely recognized across different languages. Both the common name and the scientific designation trace their origins back to the Latin word pastinaca, which itself is derived from pastinum. The Iberian languages stand out as one of the largest groups that prefer the Arabic term for caraway: كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā).

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The #etymology of #Rabbit can be traced to dialectal Old #French rabotte, potentially linked to the verb to rub. In the rest of Europe, the term originates from two #Latin words: lepus and cuniculus. Despite these connections, none of these terms derive directly from Latin or Proto-Italic roots. Instead, they appear to have been borrowed from an unknown language or languages, likely originating from the #Iberian Peninsula, though much about this source remains a mystery.

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The #idiom “to kill two #birds with one stone” means accomplishing two things with a single action or with a lesser effort than normally we need. This expression exists in other languages with a rich variety of different #animals: #rabbits and #hares, #flies, #pigeons, and #sparrows. They are either hunted or killed. In some languages, however, there is no explicit reference to any animal (green color).

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