From a Semitic source through Greek and Latin — a trade-route word whose origin may lie in Southeast Asian languages.
An aromatic spice made from the dried inner bark of a tropical tree, used in cooking and baking.
From Latin 'cinnamōmum,' from Greek 'kinnámōmon' (κιννάμωμον), ultimately from a Semitic source — compare Hebrew 'qinnāmōn' (קִנָּמוֹן). The word likely entered Semitic languages from a non-Semitic source, possibly Malay 'kayu manis' (sweet wood) or a related Austronesian term, though the exact pre-Semitic origin is debated. Cinnamon was one of the earliest spices traded internationally, mentioned in Egyptian