anis
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- the anise or aniseed plant (Pimpinella anisum)
- the star anise (Illicium verum)
- the seed of star anise
Etymology
Derived from English anise derived from Middle English anys derived from Old French anis derived from Latin anīsum derived from Ancient Greek ἄνισον (aniseed) derived from Egyptian jnst (possibly anise, a medicinal plant).
Origin
Egyptian
jnst
Gloss
possibly anise, a medicinal plant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anise English
- aniseed English
- anisic English
- anisum Latin
- anīsum Latin
- anice Italian
- anis French
- анис Russian
- ἂνισον Ancient Greek
- ἄνισον Ancient Greek
- ἄννησον Ancient Greek
- ἄνῑσον Ancient Greek
- anis Norwegian Bokmål
- anis Norwegian Nynorsk
- anys Middle English
- ainís Irish
- anis Danish
- أنيسون Arabic
- أَنِيسُون Arabic
- أَنْسُون, أنيسون Arabic
- anis Old French
- anis Serbo-Croatian
- анис Serbo-Croatian
- γλυκάνισο Greek (modern)
- anis Middle Dutch
- anis Norman
- anīs Middle High German
- jnst Egyptian
- анис Macedonian
- անիսոն Middle Armenian