The story
- Hebrew · derived fromשִׁקְמָה“sycamore”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσῡκάμῑνος
- Latin · derived fromsȳcamīnus
- English todaysycamine
From Latin sȳcamīnus, from Ancient Greek σῡκάμῑνος (sūkámīnos), from Hebrew שִׁקְמָה (shikmá, “sycamore”) (with assimilation to σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.