κόμμι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόμμῐ • (kómmi) n (genitive κόμμεως); third declension

  1. gum, obtained from babul (Vachellia nilotica)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • κομμίδιον (kommídion)
  • κομμίζω (kommízō)
  • κομμιώδης (kommiṓdēs)

Descendants

  • → Aramaic: (“gum particularly of acacia”)
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קוֹמָּא (qommā), קוֹמּוֹס (qommōs)
    Classical Syriac: ܩܘܡܐ (qommā), ܩܡܘܣ (qammūs), ܩܡܘܨ (qammūṣ), ܩܡܘܙ (qammūz)
  • → Middle Hebrew: קוֹמּוֹס (qommōs)
  • → Latin: cummis, gummis, commis, cummi, gummi, commi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”),

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qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Noun

κόμμι • (kómmi) n (plural κόμμεα)

  1. rubber latex

Declension

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