Talk:Xalapa (disambiguation)

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Chapter 1

Jalap

History

Synonyms:

1. Latin: jalapium
2. German (allemand): Jalappe, Jalappwurzel
3. Dutch (hollande): Jalappe, Jalappwortel
4. English (anglican): Jalap
5. Italian (italien): Scialappa
6. Spanish (espagnol): Jalapa
7. Portuguese (portugais): Jalapa
8. Polish (polonais): Jalapa
9. Swedish (suéd): Jalapparot
10. Russian (russe): Джалапникорень (Dzhalapnikoren), бинок (binok)

The jalap is a plant native to the mountains of Mexico, and its name is evidently a corruption of that of the town of Xalapa, in the neighborhood of which it was first encountered.

This name has often varied, undoubtedly, as has been pointed out, because of the difficulty of rendering, in other languages, the Spanish pronunciation of the word Xalapa. This is how, in ancient authors, we find it replaced by the words: Gelapo, Chelapa, Chelepa, Celapa, Celopa, Selapa, Zalopa, Zalap, Jalapa, Jalappa, Jalapium, Gialapium, Galapa, Gialapa, etc. (1). Paullini even says (2) that the name Apalagi was substituted, which is only one of the precedents whose letters have been transposed.

Bibliography

References

• Andouard, Ambroise (1839–1914) [in French] (December 27, 1864). Étude sur les convolvulacées purgatives – Présentée et soutenue à l’École supérieure de pharmacie de Paris pour obtenir le titre de pharmacien de 1re classe [Study on the Purgative Convolvulaceae – Presented and Defended at the Pharmacy School of Paris to Obtain the Title of 1st Class Pharmacist] (dissertation) (in French). pp. 9–10 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) École supérieure de pharmacie de Paris [The Pharmacy School of Paris]. A. Parent, Imprimeur de la faculté de Médecin [A. Parent, Printer of the Faculty of Medicine] OCLC 9473436 (all editions).