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marjoramn. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French majorane, marjolaine; Latin majorana. Etymology: < Old French majorane (c1272), Middle French, French marjolaine (c1393) < post-classical Latin majorana (from 13th cent. in British sources), further etymology uncertain (see below). The α. forms are < Old French majorane or post-classical Latin majorana and the γ. forms < Middle French, French marjolaine; the initial syllable of the β. forms perhaps results from the influence of the γ. forms on the α. forms, while the final -m appears to be a purely English development. Compare Old Occitan, Occitan majorana (14th cent.), Catalan majorana, mayorana (14th cent.), Spanish mejorana (1592; also †majorana (a1418), †mayorana (1521)), Portuguese majorana, manjerona (1507 as manjarona), Italian maiorana, maggiorana (14th cent.), Romanian maghiran; Middle Dutch maioraan, margelleine, marioleine (Dutch marjolein), Middle High German maioran, majoran, meigramme, etc. (German Majoran), Swedish mejram, Danish merian; Russian majoran; medieval Greek μαγγυράνα, modern Greek μαντζουράνα.The etymology of post-classical Latin majorana is uncertain; it is perhaps an alteration (perhaps after maior major adj. or its reflexes) of post-classical Latin mezurana (6th cent.; probably a loanword). The relationship (if any) with classical Latin amāracus marjoram, feverfew (see amaracus n.) is unclear. the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > marjoram the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > oregano or marjoram the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > sweet or pot marjoram α. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) vii. 1433 Of Majorane his herbe is grounded. (Harl. 221) 319 Mageram, herbe [perh. read mageran; a1500 King's Cambr. maiorum, ?a1475 Winch. mageron; 1499 Pynson magerym, 1508 Notary margeryn]. 1481 tr. Cicero (Caxton) sig. f5 Rosemarynes, maiorons, gylofres. 1573 T. Tusser (new ed.) f. 40v Margerom knotted, sowe or set at the Spring. 1597 J. Gerard ii. 539 Marierome is called..in English Sweete Marierome, Fine Marierome, and Marierome gentle; of the best sort Maiorane. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 382 Maioran,..in Cyprus & at Mitylene, where great store of sweet Majoran grows. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils 1829 (Royal Soc.) 119 198 (table) Oil of Marjoram. 1851 21 June 314 Windsor soap... English oil of lavender 1 ounce, and oil of marjoram 4 drachms. 1930 J. G. Lipman 324 Marjoram extract..contains not less than 1 per cent by volume of oil of marjoram. 1988 R. Tisserand (1990) v. 122 There are also a few antiaphrodisiac oils..like oil of marjoram. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. 1821 J. Clare I. 115 Thy Marjoram-beds so doubly sweet. 1811 A. T. Thomson ii. 272 Common Marjoram leaves. 1997 7 187 Significant differences in the content of PA [sc. phenolic acids] in fresh and dried wild marjoram leaves..were established. 1922 J. J. Sudborough (new ed.) xli. 621 Sabinene occurs in marjoram oil. 1991 27 June (BNC) 18 A few drops of lavender or marjoram oil in a small bowl of water by the patient's bed may aid relaxation and promote sleep. 1553 in J. B. Paul (1913) X. 174 Ane unce of mariolene seed. 2004 www.seedquest.com 11 May (O.E.D. Archive) Companies selling Marjoram seed to professional seed buyers. 1795 E. P. Simcoe 7 Sept. (1911) xvii. 290 Sweet marjorie tea for the headache. 1958 G. Grigson (1975) 343 The Wild Marjoram was something of a cure-all; made into marjoram tea, it helped, for example, indigestion, earache, cough, dropsy, bladder trouble, etc. 1769 W. Buchan ii. 584 If two grains of white vitriol, and the same quantity of elaterium, be dissolved in half an ounce of marjoram water, [etc.]. b. 1882 4 Feb. 82/3 The Marjoram-leaved Toadflax. C2. 1860 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin XIV. 379 (heading) Marjoram-camphor. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > oregano or marjoram the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > sweet or pot marjoram 1538 T. Elyot Sampsuchus, an herbe callyd Maioram gentyll. a1543 in A. Amherst (1896) 76 (MED) Herbes fo[r] Savour and beaute..Mageron gentyle. 1597 J. Gerard ii. 539 Marierome is called..in English Sweete Marierome, Fine Marierome, and Marierome gentle; of the best sort Maiorane. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 374 The good sir Leopold that had for his cognisance the flower of quiet, margerain gentle. 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