Masculine

cilantro

Meaning

Concepts

coriander, cilantro

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ci‧lan‧tro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θiˈlantɾo/

Inherited from Latin

Cognate with French

Cognate with Italian

Cognate with Portuguese

In summary

Uncertain; possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant of Latin coriandrum—where also its doublet culantro, today obsolete, comes from—with a front vowel, like *ciliandrum or *ceriandrum. (Compare French coriandre, Italian coriandolo, Portuguese coentro) from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon, “coriander”), κορίανδρον (koríandron).)