Etymology

sesamum

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Today it means: sesame Full definition →

Latin sēsamum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromsēsamum
  2. English todaysesamum

Unadapted borrowing from Latin sēsamum. Doublet of sesame.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.