Where does “Kamillentee” come from?
Kamillentee (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.
Kamillentee (German): camomile tea
Definitions
- camomile tea
Ancestry of “Kamillentee”, step by step
Kamillentee 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 | — |
via German tee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tee | tea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of |
| 2 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 3 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 4 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 5 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |