zingiberi

Latin

Alternative forms

• zimpiberi, zingiber, gingiber, zingeber, gingeber

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)

Proto-Dravidian *wēr

Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.

Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.

Latin zingiberi

From Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr) (modern Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [zɪŋˈɡɪ.bɛ.rɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡zin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.be.ri]

Noun

zingiberi n (indeclinable)

1. ginger

Descendants

• → Translingual: Zingiber, Zingiberales

Reflexes of the Late Latin variant gingiber:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: zenzero (see there for further descendants)
  • Sicilian: gènciru, zenzeru
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: zenzar
  • Old Lombard: çençauro
  • Old Ligurian: zenzavro
  • Piedmontese: zenser
  • Venetan: xènxaro
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: gingebre, gingibre, gengibre, gengebre
    • Catalan: gingebre
  • Old French: gingembre (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: gingibre (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → Hungarian: gyömbér (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *gingiberō (see there for further descendants)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “zĭngĭber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 14: U–Z, page 664

Further reading

• “zingiberi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “zingiberi”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.