Where does “dittany” come from?

dittany (English) comes from Old French ditan, from Latin dictamnum, from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον, from Ancient Greek Δίκτη — Mount Dicte; Mount Dikti, Crete, Greece.

dittany (English): A labiate plant, Origanum dictamnus, formerly...

Definitions

  1. A labiate plant, Origanum dictamnus, formerly...

Ancestry of “dittany”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchditan—
2Latindictamnumfraxinella, dittany; accusative singular of...
3Ancient Greekδίκταμνονdittany
4Ancient GreekΔίκτηMount Dicte; Mount Dikti, Crete, Greece
Every word from Ancient Greek Δίκτη →Every word from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον →Every word from Latin dictamnum →