Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Cinnamomum verum
Synonyms:
Ceylon Cinnamon
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Essential Oil, Food, Homeopathic Medicine, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Tea, Tincture, Unani Medicine
Cinnamon (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamōmum, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), later κίνναμον (kínnamon), probably to be explained as “Chinese amomum”, ἄμωμον (ámōmon) being, only cognate to Classical Syriac ܚܡܵܡܵܐ (ḥəmāmā) and Arabic حَمَامَا (ḥamāmā), a phytonym of lost provenience for a varied genus Amomum of spice and drug
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