coriandrum
See also: Coriandrum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin. Sometimes said to be related to κόρις (kóris) ‘bedbug’ from the smell of the leaves and unripe seeds.[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 Latin) IPA(key): /ko.riˈan.drum/, [kɔriˈän̪d̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.riˈan.drum/, [koriˈän̪d̪rum]
Noun
editcoriandrum n (genitive coriandrī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-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- ^ Coriander (cilantro), Spices: Exotic Flavors and Medicines, History & Special Collections, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Laboratory, UCLA.
- “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.