cilantro

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcoriandrum“coriander”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcoliandrum
3. Spanish · borrowed fromcilantro
4. English todaycilantro

From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro.

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