Where does “kamillatea” come from?
kamillatea (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kamilla, 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.
kamillatea (Hungarian): camomile tea
Definitions
- camomile tea
Ancestry of “kamillatea”, step by step
kamillatea traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian kamilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kamilla | camomile |
| 2 | German | Kamille | camomile |
| 3 | Middle High German | gamille | — |
| 4 | Old French | camomille | camomile |
| 5 | Italian | camomilla | camomile |
| 6 | Latin | chamaemelon | camomile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χαμαίμηλον | Roman camomile |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαμαί | on the earth, near the ground; to the... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | Χθών | the Earth, personified as a goddess |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |