fenugreek

Meanings

1. Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
2. The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Latin foenum Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós)bor. Latin graecus Latin foenum-graecum Old French fenigrecbor. Middle English fenygreke English fenugreek Inherited from Middle English fenygreke, borrowed from Old French fenigrec, from Latin foenum-graecum (literally “Greek hay”), from foenum (“hay”, variant of faenum) + graecus (“Greek”).