Where does “Jasmine” come from?

Jasmine comes from French jasmin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Arabic yasmin, from Persian yāsaman, from Middle Persian yʾsmn'.

Jasmine (English): Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers

Definitions

  1. Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers

Ancestry of “Jasmine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchJasmina rare masculine form of Jasmine
2Spanishjazmínjasmine
3Arabicيَاسَمِين—
4Persianیاسمین—
5Persianیاسمنjasmine flower
6Middle Persianyʾsmn'jasmine

Words derived from “Jasmine”

Every word from Middle Persian yʾsmn' →Every word from Persian یاسمن →Every word from Persian یاسمین →
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