Where does “kamille” come from?
kamille (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low 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, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm.
kamille (Norwegian Nynorsk): camomile
Definitions
- camomile
Ancestry of “kamille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | kamille | — |
| 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 | — |