CINNAMON

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cynamone, from Anglo-French, from Latin cinnamomum, ~, from Greek kinnamōmon, kinnamon, of non-Indo-European origin; akin to Hebrew qinnāmōn ~ Date: 14th century 1. any of several Asian trees (genus Cinnamomum ) of the laurel family, an aromatic spice prepared from the dried inner bark of a ~ (especially C. zeylanicum ), a light yellowish brown, ~y adjective