coriandrum
See also: Coriandrum
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin. Sometimes said to be related to κόρις (kóris) ‘bedbug’ from the smell of the unripe fruit.[1]
Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ha-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜 (ko-ri-ja-do-no), 𐀒𐀪𐀍𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-jo-da-na), and Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (úḫurium; ḫuriʾānu).
Beekes supposes that the cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koriaⁿdro- may have been dissimilated to *koriaⁿdno-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.riˈan.drum/, [kɔriˈän̪d̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.riˈan.drum/, [koriˈän̪d̪rum]
Noun edit
coriandrum n (genitive coriandrī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | coriandrum | coriandra |
Genitive | coriandrī | coriandrōrum |
Dative | coriandrō | coriandrīs |
Accusative | coriandrum | coriandra |
Ablative | coriandrō | coriandrīs |
Vocative | coriandrum | coriandra |
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: cugghiandru
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: celiandre, celiàndria
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Catalan: coriandre
- → Galician: coriandro
- → Italian: coriandro ⇒ coriandolo
- → Old French: coriandre (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Occitan: coriandre
- → Proto-West Germanic: *kulljandr (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: кориа́ндр (koriándr)
- → Spanish: coriandro
- → Translingual: Coriandrum
References edit
- “coriandrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- coriandrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.