Words that come from Egyptian “jnst”

44 words across 25 languages descend from Egyptian jnst — including anise, aniseed, anisette, anisic, anisoyl, aniseedy, anisate, aniseeded.

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English (8)

Ancient Greek (4)

French (3)

German (3)

Ottoman Turkish (3)

Arabic (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle English (2)

Turkish (1)

Danish (1)

Dutch (1)

Latin (1)

Italian (1)

Polish (1)

Greek (1)

Irish (1)

Old French (1)

Norman (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Portuguese (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Romanian (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)