Where does “Sesamum” come from?
Sesamum (Translingual) comes from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek Σήσαμον, from Aramaic שושמא, from Aramaic שומשומא, from Akkadian šamaššammum, from Akkadian šamnum, from Proto-Semitic *šamn-.
Ancestry of “Sesamum”, step by step