Where does “Kamillentéi” come from?
Kamillentéi (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Kamill, from Middle High German kamille, from Italian camomilla, from Latin chamaemelon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον, from Ancient Greek χαμαί, from Ancient Greek Χθών, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm.
Kamillentéi (Luxembourgish): camomile tea
Definitions
- camomile tea
Ancestry of “Kamillentéi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Kamill | camomile |
| 2 | Middle High German | kamille | — |
| 3 | Italian | camomilla | camomile |
| 4 | Latin | chamaemelon | camomile |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χαμαίμηλον | Roman camomile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χαμαί | on the earth, near the ground; to the... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Χθών | the Earth, personified as a goddess |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |