Petunia
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Root
-puta
to smoke, to draw in smoke (tobacco, pipe, medicinal fumes)
Petunia descends via Tupi pety to Shona puta, to smoke
- Confidence
- 48/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- petuniaEnglish
The consensus position
Petunia is a New Latin genus name coined by Jussieu from French petun, from Portuguese petum, from Tupi-Guarani pety 'tobacco'. No African source is recognised.
The working behind this.
The full descent — 7 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.
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