Talk:wormwood
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Lucyin in topic Moroccan word "afsantin"
Moroccan word "afsantin"
[edit](translating woodworm)
Found in "Abdlelhaï Sijilmassi, Les plantes médicinales du Maroc, Le Fennec, Cazablanca, 2005, →ISBN" p. 29, as "أفْسَنْتِين", this word seems to have a berberic structure, and is clearly cognate of latin "absinthium". But it is not known by my-self or my informers, nor in Moroccan Arabic, nor in Tachelheyt. It could be :
- a very old berberic name, maybe in relation (parent or descent) with latin "absinthium", and still present in Northern or Eastern Morocco;
- a latin word which introduced in Moroccan Arabic with Old european migrations following reconquista;
- a scientifically-built neologism.