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Where does “gyngebrede” come from?

gyngebrede (Middle English) comes from Old French gingembras, from Medieval Latin gingimbratus, from Latin zingiber, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭, from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆, from Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆, from Proto-Dravidian *wēr.

Ancestry of “gyngebrede”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgingembras—
2Medieval Latingingimbratusgingered
3LatinzingiberAlternative form of zingiberī n
4Ancient Greekζιγγίβεριςginger
5Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭ginger
6Old Tamil𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆—
7Old Tamil𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆—
8Proto-Dravidian*wēr—

Words derived from “gyngebrede”

  • gingerbread
  • gingerbready
  • gingerbreaded
  • gingerbread office
  • ジンジャーブレッド
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