synamome
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamōmum, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον (kínnamon), κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), from Phoenician.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsynamome (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
editReferences
edit- “cinamōm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.
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