The story
- Semitic · derived from
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλήδανον“gum”
- Latin · derived fromlādanum
- English todaylabdanum
From Latin lādanum, from Ancient Greek λήδανον (lḗdanon, “gum”), from λήδον (lḗdon, “rockrose”), from a Semitic language; compare Akkadian 𒆷𒁷𒉡 (ladinnu).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.