The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαρδάμωμον
- Latin · derived fromcardamōmum
- Old French · derived fromcardamome
- English todaycardamom
Late Middle English, from Old French cardamome or Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.