lus an choire

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “herb of the cauldron”; but coire in this expression is probably an alteration under folk etymology of Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), alternative form of κορίαννον (koríannon).

Noun

lus an choire m (genitive singular lusa an choire, nominative plural lusanna an choire)

  1. coriander

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.