Etymology

cassis

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Today it means: A blackcurrant plant (Ribes nigrum); the flavor of its berries. Full definition →

French cassis ← Latin cassia ← Hebrew קציעה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromקציעה
  2. Latin · derived fromcassia
  3. French · borrowed fromcassis“black currant”
  4. English todaycassis

Borrowed from French cassis (“black currant”), probably from Latin cassia, from Hebrew קציעה (qetzi'ah).

Words from the same roots

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