Editing Anise (section)

== Etymology ==
The name "anise" is derived via [[Old French]] from the Latin words {{Lang|la|anīsum}} or {{Lang|la|anēthum}} from Greek {{lang|el|ἄνηθον}} ''ánēthon'' referring to [[dill]].<ref>{{cite dictionary |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=anethum |title=ănēthum |last1= Lewis |first1= Charlton T. |last2= Short |first2= Charles |dictionary= A Latin Dictionary |publisher= Perseus Digital Library |date = 1879 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Anise |url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anise |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304055135/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anise |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2018 |access-date=3 March 2018 |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press}}</ref>

An obsolete English word for anise is ''anet'', also coming from ''anīsum''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/7811| title = ''s.v.'' 'anise'}}</ref>