Where does “jasmine” come from?

Jasmine comes from French jasmin, from Arabic yāsimīn, from Arabic yasmīn, from Persian yāsaman, from Middle Persian yʾsmn'.

jasmine (English): Any of several plants, of the genus "Jasminum",...

Definitions

  1. Any of several plants, of the genus "Jasminum",...

Ancestry of “jasmine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjasminjasmine
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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