chicory

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκίχορα
2. Latin · derived fromcichorium
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromcicorea
4. Old French · derived fromcicoree
5. Middle English · inherited fromcicoree
6. English todaychicory

From Late Middle English cicoree, cicory, cicorea, sicory, sycory (“common chicory (Cichorium intybus); heliotrope”), from Old French cicoree (modern French chicorée (“common chicory; endive; coffee substitute made from common chicory”)), or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin cicorea, cichorea, *cichōria, from Latin cichorium, cichoreum (“common chicory; endive”), from Ancient Greek κίχορα (kíkhora), κιχόρεια (kikhóreia), neuter plural of κιχώριον (kikhṓrion, “chicory”). The English word is cognate with Italian cicórea, and is a doublet of succory.

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