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Where does “ジンジャーブレッド” come from?

ジンジャーブレッド (Japanese) comes from English gingerbread, from Middle English gyngebred, from Old French gingembras, from Medieval Latin gingimbratus, from Latin zingiber, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭, from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆.

ジンジャーブレッド (Japanese): gingerbread

Definitions

  1. gingerbread

Ancestry of “ジンジャーブレッド”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgingerbreadA type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger;...
2Middle Englishgyngebred—
3Old Frenchgingembras—
4Medieval Latingingimbratusgingered
5LatinzingiberAlternative form of zingiberī n
6Ancient Greekζιγγίβεριςginger
7Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭ginger
8Old Tamil𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆—
9Old Tamil𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆—
10Proto-Dravidian*wēr—
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