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Where does “scamōnīe” come from?

scamōnīe (Middle English) comes from Old French scamonie, from Latin scammōnia, from Ancient Greek σκαμμωνίᾱ.

Ancestry of “scamōnīe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchscamonie—
2Latinscammōnia—
3Ancient Greekσκαμμωνίᾱ—
Every word from Ancient Greek σκαμμωνίᾱ →