zingiberi
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), from a Dravidian language; compare Proto-Dravidian *cinkiwēr (“ginger”), Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) + 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”) (modern Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /zinˈɡi.be.ri/, [d̪͡z̪ɪŋˈɡɪbɛrɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡zinˈd͡ʒi.be.ri/, [d̪͡z̪in̠ʲˈd͡ʒiːberi]
Noun
editzingiberi n (indeclinable)
Descendants
edit- → Translingual: Zingiber, Zingiberales
Reflexes of the Late Latin variant gingiber:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Hungarian: gyömbér (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *gingiberō (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “zĭngĭber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 664
Further reading
edit- “zingiberi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- zingiberi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.