- gingifer
- f (-e/-a) ginger
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gingifer
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ginger — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of Old English gingifer, from Medieval Latin gingiber, alteration of Latin zingiber, from Greek zingiberi, of Indo Aryan origin; akin to Pali siṅgivēra ginger Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ginger — [OE] Few foodstuffs can have been as exhaustively etymologized as ginger – Professor Alan Ross, for instance, begetter of the U/non U distinction, wrote an entire 74 page monograph on the history of the word in 1952. And deservedly so, for its… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
ginger — mid 14c., from O.E. gingifer, from M.L. gingiber, from L. zingiberi, from Gk. zingiberis, from Prakrit (Middle Indic) singabera, from Skt. srngaveram, from srngam horn + vera body, so called from the shape of its root. But this may be Sanskrit… … Etymology dictionary
ginger — noun 1》 a hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant. 2》 a SE Asian plant, resembling bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken. [Zingiber officinale.] 3》 a light reddish yellow colour. 4》 spirit; mettle. verb 1》 [usu. as… … English new terms dictionary
ginger — [OE] Few foodstuffs can have been as exhaustively etymologized as ginger – Professor Alan Ross, for instance, begetter of the U/non U distinction, wrote an entire 74 page monograph on the history of the word in 1952. And deservedly so, for its… … Word origins
ginger — [jin′jər] adj. [ME gingere, gingivere < OE gingifer & OFr gingivre, both < ML gingiber < L zingiber < Gr zingiberi < Pali siṅgivera] designating a family (Zingiberaceae, order Zingiberales) of aromatic, monocotyledonous tropical… … English World dictionary
