English word ginger comes from Latin zingiberi (Ginger.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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zingiberi | Latin (lat) | Ginger. |
zingeber | Latin (lat) | |
gingiber | Malayalam (mal) | |
gingiber | Old English (ang) | |
gingere | Middle English (enm) | |
ginger | English (en) | (colloquial, often, _, derogatory, countable) A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.. (colloquial, uncountable) Vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character).. A reddish-brown color.. Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber. The plant that produces this rhizome.. The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber [...] |