Where does “cimet” come from?

cimet (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German zimt, from Middle High German zimet, from Middle High German zinemīn, from Latin cinnamon, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον, from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον — Chinese cinnamon.

cimet (Serbo-Croatian): cinnamon

Definitions

  1. cinnamon

Ancestry of “cimet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzimtcinnamon
2Middle High Germanzimet—
3Middle High Germanzinemīn—
4Latincinnamon—
5Ancient Greekκίνναμον—
6Ancient GreekκιννάμωμονChinese cinnamon
Every word from Ancient Greek κιννάμωμον →Every word from Ancient Greek κίνναμον →Every word from Latin cinnamon →