coriandrum
See also: Coriandrum
Latin
Alternative forms
- coriandron
- coriandrus f
Etymology
From 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-a2-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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔ.riˈan.drũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ko.riˈan̪.d̪rum]
Noun
coriandrum n (genitive coriandrī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | coriandrum | coriandra |
| genitive | coriandrī | coriandrōrum |
| dative | coriandrō | coriandrīs |
| accusative | coriandrum | coriandra |
| ablative | coriandrō | coriandrīs |
| vocative | coriandrum | coriandra |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Sicilian: cugghiandru
- Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: colàndro
- Lombard: colandar
- Piedmontese: colànder
- 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
- ^ 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.