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κιννάμωμον · Ancient Greek
noun · Ancient Greek
Transliteration: kinnámōmon
Cinnamon spice.. Cinnamon spice.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected lexical source.
Greek reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry describes Greek kinnamomon as related to a Phoenician word akin to Hebrew qinnamon. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Greek kinnamomon is the reported source of Latin cinnamum and cinnamomum. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Latin cinnamum and cinnamomum continue the Greek spice name. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Scholarly accounts disagree between Phoenician transmission and Hebrew derivation. pp. 115–118, §4.4.4, Etymology 16
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Greek. LanguageTable row gree1276
cinnamomum · Latin
noun · Latin
Transliteration: cinnamōmum
Cinnamon.. Latin cinnamomum is the French source; the shorter cinnamum/cinnamon variant also bears on the later English spelling.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected lexical source.
Latin reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Greek kinnamomon is the reported source of Latin cinnamum and cinnamomum. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Latin cinnamum and cinnamomum continue the Greek spice name. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Old French cinnamone is reported from the thirteenth century. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Scholarly accounts disagree between Phoenician transmission and Hebrew derivation. pp. 115–118, §4.4.4, Etymology 16
The historical French witness is cynnamome (1211–14), from Latin cinnamomum. Étymol. et Hist. I–II
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Latin. LanguageTable row lati1261
cynnamome · Old French
noun · Old French
Transliteration: cynnamome
Cinnamon.. Cinnamon.
c. 1211–14 · reported French witness — Literary witness reported by TLFi; not a date of borrowing from Latin.
Old French reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Latin cinnamum and cinnamomum continue the Greek spice name. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Old French cinnamone is reported from the thirteenth century. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English cinnamon is reported from the late fourteenth century. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
The historical French witness is cynnamome (1211–14), from Latin cinnamomum. Étymol. et Hist. I–II
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Old French (842-ca. 1400). LanguageTable row oldf1239
cinnamon · English
noun · English
Reading: Reading not yet researched
The aromatic spice from the inner bark of a tree.. The aromatic spice from the inner bark of a tree.
Date not yet researched — Late fourteenth century and circa 1430 are competing dictionary reports; the earliest underlying witness remains unverified.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Old French cinnamone is reported from the thirteenth century. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
English cinnamon is reported from the late fourteenth century. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Scholarly accounts disagree between Phoenician transmission and Hebrew derivation. pp. 115–118, §4.4.4, Etymology 16
The inspected scholarship reports a later English witness than the inherited general-dictionary date. p. 116, Etymology 16 and following paragraph
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
קִנָּמוֹן · Hebrew
noun · Hebrew
Transliteration: qinnāmōn
Cinnamon; an ancient Semitic spice name.. Cinnamon; an ancient Semitic spice name.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected lexical source.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical source.
The entry describes Greek kinnamomon as related to a Phoenician word akin to Hebrew qinnamon. cinnamon — Etymology · etymology and sense history
Scholarly accounts disagree between Phoenician transmission and Hebrew derivation. pp. 115–118, §4.4.4, Etymology 16
cinnamōmum → cinnamon: influence, qualified. The shorter Latin variant may have helped reshape the English ending; this is separate from French borrowing. pp. 115–118, §4.4.4, Etymology 16