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Where does “scamonie” come from?

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

Ancestry of “scamonie”, step by step

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