cinnamomum Latin · revision 3819
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Plautus|origins=grc κιννάμωμον}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɪn.naˈmoː.mũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [t͡ʃin.naˈmɔː.mum]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cinnamōmum''' ''n'' (genitive cinnamōmī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|grc|κιννάμωμον|tr=kinnámōmon|t=cinnamon]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) Wiktionary notes that the Greek might be explained as “Chinese [[amomum]]”, a word of unknown origin.^(Wiktionary) Shorter forms [[m|la|cinnamum]] and [[m|la|cinnamon]] are also found, the second in Lucan.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Plautus uses it as a term of flattery.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler's first source is Pliny the Elder (23/24–79 AD).^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant cinnamon, which the OLD describes as a superior kind of cassia, both the plant and the spice.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Pliny describes it at length, and Celsus uses it in medicine.^(Georges 1913) In Plautus it is a term of endearment.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
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+ Isidore says it was named because its bark is round and thin like a reed, and that it grows in India and Ethiopia.^(Isidore) English ''cinnamon'' came through Old French in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it as a term of endearment.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus uses it in remedies.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder describes cinnamon.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore explains the name.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''cinnamon'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|Cinnamon]], the plant and the spice.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # A term of [[m|en|endearment]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cinnaminum]]
+ * [[cinnamōminus]]
+ * [[cinnameus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[en|cinnamon]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}