Usually quoted as a Semitic loanword, however it is unlikely that this word is native to Semitic. This word is widely attested outside the Semitic languages, namely, in Sumerian (gamun), Hittite (kappani?), Linear A (ku-mi-na), Greek, and Latin (cuminum) as is characteristic of ancient culture words. Furthermore, cumin is native to the mediterranean, so the word must have originated there.

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