camomilla

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.moˈmil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: ca‧mo‧mìl‧la

Noun

camomilla f (plural camomille)

  1. camomile (both the plant and the tea)

Latin

Etymology

From chamaemēlon, from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon, literally “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.

Noun

camomilla f (genitive camomillae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) camomile

Descendants
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: camomilla
    • Sicilian: camumiḍḍa, agumiḍḍa
  • Gallo-Italic:
    • Ligurian: camamìlla
    • Lombard: camamèla
    • Piedmontese: canamìa, camamìa, camamela, camamila
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:
    • Catalan: camamilla, camamirla, camamil·la
    • Occitan: camamilha, camamila, camomilha
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: camamila, canamila, camamilia
  • Borrowings:
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