different between turmeric vs tumeric

English

Etymology

From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”). According to Klein, possibly corrupted from Arabic ???????? (kurkum, “Curcuma”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??.m??.?k/, [?t??.m?.?k], (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /?tu?.m?.??k/, [?t?u.m?.?k]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??.m(?).??k/, (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /?tju?.m(?).??k/, /?t?u?.m(?).??k/

Noun

turmeric (countable and uncountable, plural turmerics)

1. (botany) An Indian plant, Curcuma longa, with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
2. (cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.

   Synonym: haldi

3. A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.

   Synonym: E100

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• curcumin
• golden
• kunyit
• haldi

References

• “termerite, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-25.
• Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

Further reading

• turmeric at OneLook Dictionary Search
• turmeric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Curcuma longa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology

Perhaps influenced by non-rhotic pronunciations of turmeric, via dissimilation.

Noun

tumeric

1. Nonstandard spelling of turmeric.
   • 2009, Curry spice ‘kills cancer cells’, BBC News online, 28 October

     An extract found in the curry spice tumeric can kill off cancer cells, lab scientists have shown.