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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
1Germanzimt—
2Middle High Germanzimet—
3Middle High Germanzinemīn—
4Latincinnamon—
5Ancient Greekκίνναμον—
6Ancient GreekκιννάμωμονChinese cinnamon
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