The story
- Aramaic · derived fromקְצִיעֲתָא
- Hebrew · derived fromקְצִיעָה
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκασσία, κασία, κάσια
- Latin · borrowed fromcassia“cinnamon”
- English todaycassia
From Latin cassia (“cinnamon”), from Ancient Greek κασσία, κασία, κάσια (kassía, kasía, kásia), from Hebrew קְצִיעָה (qəṣīʿā), from Aramaic קְצִיעֲתָא (qəṣīʿătā), from קְצַע (qṣaʿ, “to cut off”). Compare Kezia.
Words from the same roots
Latincassia all →
cassis
Hebrewקְצִיעָה all →
KeziahKezia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.