The story
- Akkadian · derived from𒂵𒈬𒉡“cumin”
- Semitic · derived from
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκύμινον
- Latin · derived fromcuminum
- Old French · derived fromcummin
- Old English · inherited fromcymen
- Middle English · inherited fromcomyn
- English todaycumin
From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /kamūnu/, “cumin”). Possibly related to caraway.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκύμινον all →
cymene
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.