Jasmine

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mid 16th century: from French jasmin and obsolete French jessemin, from Arabic yāsamīn, from Persian yāsamīn .

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French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين‎ (yāsamīn), from Persian یاسمین‎ (yâsamin), یاسمن‎ (yâsaman).

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jasmine (n.)

1570s, from French jasmin (earlier jessemin), from Arabic yas(a)min, from Persian yasmin (compare Greek iasme, iasmelaion, name of a Persian perfume which was perhaps oil of jasmine). The plant first was grown in England 16c. The forms in other Germanic languages also are from French.