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κιννάμωμον

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Herodotus, from Phoenician; compare Hebrew קִנָּמוֹן (kinamón, cinnamon). The ending was modelled on that of ἄμωμον (ámōmon, black cardamom), or due to folk etymology, on that of ἄμωμος (ámōmos, blameless).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κῐννᾰ́μωμον (kinnámōmonn (genitive κῐννᾰμώμου); second declension

  1. Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κιννάμωμον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 700-1

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