Editing Celery (section)

==Etymology==
First attested and printed in English as "sellery" by [[John Evelyn]] in 1664,<ref>Grigson G. 1974. ''A Dictionary of English Plant Names''. Allen Lane {{ISBN|0-71-390442-9}}</ref> the modern English word "celery" derives from the [[French language|French]] ''céleri'', in turn from [[Italian language|Italian]] ''seleri'', the plural of ''selero'', which comes from [[Late Latin]] ''selinon'',<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dselinon | title= selinon| editor-first1= Charlton T.  |editor-last1= Lewis|editor-first2=Charles |editor-last2= Short| work=A Latin Dictionary| publisher=Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University}}</ref> the [[Latinisation (literature)|latinisation]] of the {{langx|grc|σέλινον|selinon}}, "celery".<ref>{{cite web |title=σέλινον |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dse%2Flinon |work=A Greek-English Lexicon |publisher=Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University |editor-first1=Henry George |editor-last1=Liddell |editor-first2=Robert |editor-last2=Scott}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=celery |title= celery| website=Etymonline.com }}</ref> The earliest-attested form of the word is the [[Mycenaean Greek]] ''se-ri-no'', written in [[Linear B]] syllabic script.<ref>{{cite web| title= celery| url= http://www.palaeolexicon.com/ShowWord.aspx?Id=16927| website= Palaeolexicon.com| access-date= 2016-04-01| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160413031114/http://www.palaeolexicon.com/ShowWord.aspx?Id=16927| archive-date= 2016-04-13| url-status= dead}}</ref>