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==Etymology==
The English word "cinnamon", attested in English since the 15th century, deriving from the [[Ancient Greek]] {{lang|grc|κιννάμωμον}} ({{transliteration|grc|kinnámōmon}}, later κίνναμον : {{transliteration|grc|kínnamon}}), via [[Latin]] and [[Middle French|medieval French]] intermediate forms. The Greek was borrowed from a [[Phoenician language|Phoenician]] word, which was similar to the related [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word {{lang|he|קנמון}} ({{transliteration|he|qinnāmōn}}).<ref name="oed">{{cite OED2|cinnamon}}</ref><ref>{{Etymonline|cinnamon}}</ref>

The name "cassia", first recorded in [[late Old English]] from Latin, ultimately derives from the Hebrew word {{lang|he|קציעה}} {{transliteration|he|qetsīʿāh}}, a form of the verb {{lang|he|קצע}} {{transliteration|he|qātsaʿ}}, "to strip off bark".<ref>{{cite OED2|cassia}}</ref><ref>{{Etymonline|cassia}}</ref>

[[Early Modern English]] also used the names ''canel'' and ''canella'', similar to the current names of cinnamon in several other European languages, which are derived from the Latin word {{lang|la|cannella}}, a diminutive of {{lang|la|canna}}, "tube", from the way the bark curls up as it dries.<ref>{{cite OED2|canella; canel}}</ref>