Where does “Hundskamille” come from?
Hundskamille (German) comes from German Kamille, from Middle High German gamille, from Old French camomille, from Italian camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον, from Ancient Greek χαμαί, from Ancient Greek Χθών.
Hundskamille (German): A plant in the genus Anthemis
Definitions
- A plant in the genus Anthemis
Ancestry of “Hundskamille”, step by step
Hundskamille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kamille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kamille | camomile |
| 2 | Middle High German | gamille | — |
| 3 | Old French | camomille | camomile |
| 4 | Italian | camomilla | camomile |
| 5 | Latin | chamaemelon | camomile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χαμαίμηλον | Roman camomile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χαμαί | on the earth, near the ground; to the... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Χθών | the Earth, personified as a goddess |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |