cenoura
Portuguese

cenouras
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier çanoira, from Old Spanish çahanoria (Modern Spanish zanahoria), from Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría).
Cognate with Galician cenoira, Mirandese cenoura, Asturian cenahoria, Spanish zanahoria, Catalan safanòria and Basque azenario.
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