Where does “anason” come from?

anason (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish آناصون, from Arabic أَنِيسُون, from Ancient Greek ἄνισον, from Egyptian jnst — an edible plant, possibly anise, used...

anason (Serbo-Croatian): anise (Pimpinella anisum plant, spice and liquor)

Definitions

  1. anise (Pimpinella anisum plant, spice and liquor)

Ancestry of “anason”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآناصونanise
2Arabicأَنِيسُون—
3Ancient GreekἄνισονAlternative form of ἄννησον; aniseed
4Egyptianjnstan edible plant, possibly anise, used...
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