köken: From Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos) or from Ancient Greek φασούλια (phasoúlia), φασολιά (fasoliá) or related to either. Unrelated to fava.
Inherited from Old East Slavic въторъ (vŭtorŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъtorъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tero- (“more apart”), from *wí (“asunder”) + comparative suffix *-teros. Cognate with Ukrainian вівто́рок (vivtórok), Belarusian аўторак (awtórak), Bulgarian втори (vtori), Czech úterý, Polish wtóry, Upper Sorbian wutora, German wieder, English wither, maybe ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros).…