Meaning

noun aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative

noun any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food

noun the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Late Latin speciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Late Latin -iēs Late Latin speciēs Old French espicebor. Anglo-Norman specebor. Middle English spice English spice Inherited from Middle English spice, from Old French espice (modern épice), from Late Latin speciēs (“spice, good, ware”), from…

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