zingiberi
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), from a Dravidian language; compare Proto-Dravidian *cinkiwēr (“ginger”), Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) + 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”) (modern Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /zinˈɡi.be.ri/, [d̪͡z̪ɪŋˈɡɪbɛrɪ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡zinˈd͡ʒi.be.ri/, [d̪͡z̪in̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːberi]
Descendants
- Asturian: xenxibre
- Catalan: gingebre
- Old French: gingembre
- French: gingembre
- Friulian: zenzar
- Galician: xenxibre, sinxebra
- Italian: zenzero
- Norman: gengivre
- Occitan: gengibre
- Portuguese: gengibre
- Sicilian: gènciru, zenzeru
- Spanish: jengibre
- Venetian: xènxaro
- → Hungarian: gyömbér
- → Proto-West Germanic: *gingiberō (see there for further descendants)
- English: ginger
- → English: Zingiber, Zingiberales
References
- “zingiberi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zingiberi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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