comyn
Middle English
/kuˈmiːn/
noun
Definitions
- Cumin or its seed, often used in cuisine and medicine.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cymen borrowed from Old French cummin derived from Latin cumīnum derived from Ancient Greek κύμινον (cumin, cummin) derived from Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (cumin).
Origin
Akkadian
𒂵𒈬𒉡
Gloss
cumin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cumin English
- cuminic English
- cuminol English
- cuminum Latin
- cumīnum Latin
- κυμινοθήκη Ancient Greek
- κύμινον Ancient Greek
- kmin Polish
- cymen Old English
- cummin Old French
- comí Catalan, Valencian
- κύμινο Greek (modern)
- comijn Middle Dutch
- kumil Old High German
- 枯茗 Chinese
- komen Middle Low German
- כַּמֹּונָֹא Aramaic
- 𒂵𒈬𒉡 Akkadian
- 𐀓𐀖𐀜 Mycenaean Greek