kmn / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root kmn: cumin.

kmn

Common Semitic noun *kammūn-, cumin, perhaps from Sumerian gamun, cumin, unless this itself is of Semitic origin.

cumin, cymene, from Greek kuminon, probably from a Semitic source akin to Akkadian kam(m)ūnu, Hebrew kammôn, Aramaic kammonā, kammunā, Arabic kammūn, all meaning "cumin"


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