Editing Ginger (section)

==Etymology==

The English origin of the word "ginger" is from the mid-14th century, from [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|gingifer}}, which derives in turn from the [[Medieval Latin]] {{lang|la|gingiber}}, {{lang|la|gingiber}} from the Greek {{lang|grc|ζιγγίβερις}} {{transliteration|grc|zingiberis}}<ref>{{LSJ|ziggi/beris|ζιγγίβερις|ref}}.</ref> from the [[Prakrit]] (Middle Indic) {{transliteration|pra|siṅgabera}}, and {{transliteration|pra|siṅgabera}} from the [[Sanskrit]] {{transliteration|sa|śṛṅgavera}}. The Sanskrit word is thought to come from an ancient [[Dravidian languages|Dravidian]] word that also produced the [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Abhaya Prasad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ei4gAQAAIAAJ&q=Tamil+inchi+ver+ginger |title=Perspectives of Plant Biodiversity: Proceedings of National Seminar on Plant Biodiversity – Systematics, Conservation and Ethnobotany, Department of Botany, North Bengal University, November 9-11, 2000 |date=2002 |publisher=Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh |isbn=978-81-211-0298-8 |pages=292 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Malayalam]] term {{transliteration|ml|iñci-vēr}} (from {{transliteration|ml|vēr}}, "root");<ref name=":4" /><ref name="W1" /> an alternative explanation is that the Sanskrit word comes from {{transliteration|sa|srngam}}, meaning "horn", and {{transliteration|sa|vera}}, meaning "body" (describing the shape of its root), but that may be [[folk etymology]].<ref name="W1">{{OEtymD|ginger}}</ref> The word probably was readopted in [[Middle English]] from the [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|gingibre}} (modern French {{lang|fr|gingembre}}).<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PPCYBApSnIC&q=ginger+from+tamil+word+inji&pg=PA578|title=A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages|last=Caldwell|first=Robert|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0117-8|edition=3rd|location=New Delhi}}</ref>