Celery comes through French céleri and Upper Italian forms from a Latin continuation of Greek sélīnon.
Vulgar Latin *selinum is reconstructed. The cards omit Upper Italian rather than choosing one cited dialect example as the exact donor. A possible pre-Greek origin is not scored.
Sources
- Merriam-Webster: celery
Word History supplies the route, marks the Vulgar Latin reconstruction and gives Upper Italian examples.
- Online Etymology Dictionary · celery
Meanings of the older forms on the word path.
- logeion.uchicago.edu · σέλινον
Meanings of the older forms on the word path.
- logeion.uchicago.edu · selinon
Meanings of the older forms on the word path.