Labdanum Definition

Origin of Labdanum

• Middle English from Medieval Latin lapdanum, labdanum alteration of Latin lādanum from Greek lēdanon, lādanon, from lēdon, *lādon rockrose of Semitic origin Old South Arabian ldn probably a kind of rockrose and Akkadian ladinnu, ladunu labdanum ldn in Semitic roots

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Latin lādanum, from Ancient Greek λήδανον (lēdanon, “gum”), from λήδον (lēdon, “rockrose”), from a Semitic language; compare Akkadian [Cuneiform?] [script?] (ladinnu).

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