Where does “dittamo” come from?

dittamo (Italian) comes from Latin dictamnum, from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον, from Ancient Greek Δίκτη — Mount Dicte; Mount Dikti, Crete, Greece.

dittamo (Italian): fraxinella, burning bush, dittany

Definitions

  1. fraxinella, burning bush, dittany

Ancestry of “dittamo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindictamnumfraxinella, dittany; accusative singular of...
2Ancient Greekδίκταμνονdittany
3Ancient GreekΔίκτηMount Dicte; Mount Dikti, Crete, Greece
Every word from Ancient Greek Δίκτη →Every word from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον →Every word from Latin dictamnum →