coriander

English
Coriander seeds, dried.

Etymology

From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cilantro.

cognates, etc.

Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ha-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜 (ko-ri-ja-do-no), 𐀒𐀪𐀍𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-jo-da-na), Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (úḫurium) Aramaic כסברה (kusbara, “coriander”), Classical Syriac ܟܽܘܣܒܰܪܬܳܐ (kūsbartā, “coriander”) and Arabic كُزْبَرَة (kuzbara).

Beekes supposes that cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koriaⁿdro- may have dissimilated to *koriaⁿdno-.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒɹiˈændə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹiˌændɚ/, /ˌkɔɹiˈændɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)

Noun

coriander (usually uncountable, plural corianders)

  1. (UK) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
    • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:
      The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
  2. (US) The dried fruits thereof, used as a spice.

Synonyms

Meronyms
  • (Coriandum sativum): cilantro (US, the leaves, when fresh); in other dialects, this, too, like the rest of the plant, is called coriander

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Japanese: コリアンダー (koriandā)

Translations

References
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κορίαννον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 754

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