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