synamome

Middle English

Alternative forms

• synamon, cynamome, cynamon, cynamum, synymone, senymon, cynamum, cinemum, sinamun

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)

1. cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
2. (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.
3. (rare) A term of endearment.

Descendants

• English: cinnamon
  • → Japanese: シナモン (shinamon)
  • → Korean: 시나몬 (sinamon)
  • → Maori: hinamona
  • → Welsh: synamon
• Scots: synomom (obsolete)

References

• “cinamōm(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.