Editing Sesame (section)

== Etymology ==

The word "sesame" is from [[Latin]] ''sesamum'' and [[Greek language |Greek]] σήσαμον: ''sēsamon''; which in turn are derived from ancient [[Semitic languages]] such as [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] ''šamaššamu''.<ref>{{cite dictionary |entry=Teel, Sesame |date=15 October 2023 |dictionary=Merriam-Webster |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sesame |title=Definition of SESAME }}</ref> From these roots, words with the generalized meaning "oil, liquid fat" were derived.<ref name="Bedigian-2010">{{cite book |title=Sesame: The genus ''Sesamum'' |editor-last=Bedigian |editor-first=Dorothea |year=2010 |page=400 |isbn=978-1-4200-0520-2 |publisher=CRC Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9PLBQAAQBAJ&q=sesame+from+arabic+semsem&pg=PA400}}</ref>

The word "benne" was first recorded in [[English language |English]] in 1769; it comes from the African American creole [[Gullah language|Gullah]] ''benne'', which in turn derives from [[Maninka language |Malinke]] ''bĕne''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bryan |first=Sarah |title=Benne for Good Luck |url=https://www.ncfolk.org/2016/benne-for-good-luck/ |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=North Carolina Folklife Institute |date=2015}}</ref><ref name=mw/>