cannabis (etymology)

The plant name cannabis is from Greek  (), via Latin , originally a Scythian or Thracian word, also loaned into Persian as . English hemp (Old English ) may be an early loan (predating Grimm's Law) from the same Scythian source.The further origin of the Scythian term is uncertain. It may be of Semitic origin, Hebrew קַנַּבּוֹס (qannabbôs): Sara Benetowa of the Institute of Anthropological Sciences in Warsaw is quoted in the Book of Grass as saying: Hebrew קַנַּבּוֹס (qannabbôs) < קְנֵה בֹּשֶׂם (qěnēh bośem) may derive from Sumerian kanubi.
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