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The English origin of the word "ginger" is from the mid-14th century, from [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|gingifer}}, which derives in turn from the [[Medieval Latin]] {{lang|la|gingiber}}, {{lang|la|gingiber}} from the Greek {{lang|grc|ζιγγίβερις}} {{transliteration|grc|zingiberis}} from the [[Prakrit]] (Middle Indic) {{transliteration|pra|siṅgabera}}, and {{transliteration|pra|siṅgabera}} from the [[Sanskrit]] {{transliteration|sa|śṛṅgavera}}. The Sanskrit word is thought to come from an ancient [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] word that also produced the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] term {{transliteration|ml|iñci-vēr}} (from {{transliteration|ml|vēr}}, "root"); an alternative explanation is that the Sanskrit word comes from {{transliteration|sa|srngam}}, meaning "horn", and {{transliteration|sa|vera}}, meaning "body" (describing the shape of its root), but that may be [[folk etymology]]. The word probably was readopted in [[Middle English]] from the [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|gingibre}} (modern French {{lang|fr|gingembre}}).

Translations:Ginger/6/en - Revision history

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