English
abelmosk
Abelmosk comes from New Latin abelmoschus, and goes back to Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك ‘pills of musk’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَبّ الْمِسْكḥabb al-misk‘pills of musk’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900abelmoschus
- Englishearliest quotation 1719abelmosk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentحَبّ الْمِسْكḥabb al-misk‘pills of musk’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900abelmoschus
- Englishearliest quotation 1719abelmosk
Earliest quotation: 1719, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, The Compleat Herbal: “Egyptian Ketmia, with a perfumed or Musk-Seed..., called Abelmosch…”
Every English word from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك
Today it means
noun The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك / abelmosk