Where does “caraway” come from?
Caraway comes from Middle English caraway, derived from Medieval Latin carui, which borrowed from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا, ultimately from Ancient Greek καρώ and κάρη.
caraway (English): A biennial plant, "Carum carvi", native to Europe...
Definitions
- A biennial plant, "Carum carvi", native to Europe...
Ancestry of “caraway”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | caraway | Caraway or its seed |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | carui | first-person singular perfect active indicative... |
| 3 | Arabic | كَرَاوِيَا | caraway |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | καρώ | caraway (Carum carvi) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κάρη | Homeric and Ionic form of κᾰ́ρᾱ |