basilicum

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Borrowed from Latin basilicum (“royal robe”), substantive of basilicus (“royal, princely”), from Ancient Greek βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”).

basilicum n (plural basilicums, diminutive basilicumpje n)

basil, name of some plants of the mint family, notably:
1. Ocimum basilicum, an ornamental plant
2. Ocimum suave, cultivated for cookery
the second plant's edible leaves, used as a spice
an ointment made from the plant

Substantive of basilicus (“royal, princely”), from Ancient Greek βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal”).

basilicum n (genitive basilicī); second declension

Descendants

Old French: basile
- → Middle English: basile
  - English: basil
    - → Indonesian: basil
→ French: basilic (learned)
Italian: basilico
Ligurian: baxaicò, baxeicò
Neapolitan: vasinicola
Portuguese: manjericão, basílico
Venetian: basegò
→ English: basil, basilicum
→ Dutch: basilicum
→ German: Basilikum
→ Hungarian: bazsalikom
→ Polish: bazylia

basilicum