köken: A Slavic borrowing which displaced the inherited (now uncommon) term por / pur. Praz is derived from either Old Church Slavonic празъ (prazŭ), Bulgarian праз (praz) or possibly directly from late Byzantine Greek πράσον (práson), also Aromanian prash); compare also phonetic development of s > z in ovăz). Unlikely from a Vulgar Latin *prasum, (from Ancient Greek) due to the presence of the…
köken: From Proto-Italic *porso-, from Proto-Indo-European *pers-ó-s. Cognate with Ancient Greek πράσον (práson), Sanskrit पर्ष (parṣa), and Albanian presh. Compare Latin ferrum.
leek (type of onion with a long cylindrical stem, white to light green long layered leaves and with a slightly spicy taste (Allium porrum)) · a leek; a bunch or stick of leek