μελάνθιον
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- black cumin (Nigella sativa)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek μέλας (black, dark, dark-colored) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (flower, sprout, blossom).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄνθος
Gloss
flower, sprout, blossom
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
花
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -anth English
- mela- English
- Melania Latin
- anthus Latin
- melanogaster Latin
- melanoleucus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- melanothorax Latin
- anto- Italian
- melano- Italian
- Mélanésie French
- Κλεάνθης Ancient Greek
- Τιμάνθης Ancient Greek
- αἷμα Ancient Greek
- μέλας Ancient Greek
- μελάγχλαινος Ancient Greek
- μελάνθινος Ancient Greek
- μελάνουρος Ancient Greek
- μελαγκρανίς Ancient Greek
- μελαγκόρυφος Ancient Greek
- μελαινάς Ancient Greek
- μηνάνθος Ancient Greek
- στρόφος Ancient Greek
- ἀνθέω Ancient Greek
- ἀνθίας Ancient Greek
- ἀνθολογία Ancient Greek
- ἄκανθα Ancient Greek
- ἄκανθος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθινος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθος Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδοκίδης Ancient Greek
- *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- melanom Norwegian Bokmål
- anto- Portuguese
- antó- Irish
- άνθος Greek (modern)
- melanotis Translingual
- *ántʰos Proto-Hellenic