Turnip \TUR-nip\ , noun;
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This word dates to the 1530's as
turnepe from
turn +
nepe. Here,
turn comes from the shape - it's as if it was formed on a lathe.
Nepe is the Middle English word for
turnip from Old English
næp, which derives from Latin
napus ("turnip").
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