The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδίκταμνον
- Latin · derived fromdictamnum
- Old French · derived fromditan
- English todaydittany
From Old French ditan (French dictame), from Latin dictamnum, from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον (díktamnon), reportedly from Δίκτη (Díktē, “Dicte”), a mountain in Crete on whose slopes the plant grew.
Words from the same roots
Latindictamnum all →
dictamnus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.