| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | kmn. |
| DEFINITION: | Common Semitic noun *kamm n-, 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)nu, Hebrew kammôn, Aramaic kammon , kammun, Arabic kammn, all meaning “cumin.” |
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