synamome

Middle English

Alternative forms

synamon, cynamome, cynamon, cynamum, synymone, senymon, cynamum, cinemum, sinamun

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamomum, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον (kínnamon), κινναμωμον (kinnamōmon), from Phoenician [Term?].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsinamɔːm/, /ˈsinəmɔːm/, /ˈsinəmum/, /ˈsinəmun/

Noun

synamome (uncountable)

cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
(rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.
(rare) A term of endearment.

Descendants

English: cinnamon
Scots: synomom (obsolete)

References

“cinamōm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.

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