synamome
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cinnamone, from Latin cinnamon, cinnamōmum, from Ancient Greek κίνναμον (kínnamon), κιννάμωμον (kinnámōmon), from Phoenician.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsinamɔːm/, /ˈsinəmɔːm/, /ˈsinəmum/, /ˈsinəmun/
Noun
synamome (uncountable)
- cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
- (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.
- (rare) A term of endearment.
Descendants
- English: cinnamon
- Scots: synomom (obsolete)
References
- “cinamōm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 July 2018.