Where does “xylocinnamon” come from?

xylocinnamon (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.

xylocinnamon (English): The wood of the cinnamon tree

Definitions

  1. The wood of the cinnamon tree

Ancestry of “xylocinnamon”, step by step

xylocinnamon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cinnamon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcinnamonA small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and...
2Middle Englishsynamomecinnamon; The cinnamon tree; the trees which...
3Old Frenchcinnamone
4Latincinnamon
5Ancient Greekκίνναμον
6Ancient GreekκιννάμωμονChinese cinnamon

via English xylo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishxyloxylophone
Every word from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμονEvery word from Ancient Greek κίνναμονEvery word from Latin cinnamon