ginger
The origin and history of ginger.
Etymology
Traces back through Old French and Latin to an ancient word in a South Asian language meaning roughly "horn root", describing the knobbly shape of the rhizome.
The origin and history of ginger.
Traces back through Old French and Latin to an ancient word in a South Asian language meaning roughly "horn root", describing the knobbly shape of the rhizome.
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