Where does “cinnamonic” come from?
cinnamonic (English) comes from English cinnamon, from Middle English synamome, from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον — Chinese cinnamon.
cinnamonic (English): Being a kind of dry reddish soil
Definitions
- Being a kind of dry reddish soil
Ancestry of “cinnamonic”, step by step
cinnamonic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cinnamon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cinnamon | A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and... |
| 2 | Middle English | synamome | cinnamon; The cinnamon tree; the trees which... |
| 3 | Old French | cinnamone | — |
| 4 | Latin | cinnamon | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κίνναμον | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κιννάμωμον | Chinese cinnamon |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |