köken: Probably, from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). The first word is from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”), the second from جاوة (jāwa, “Java”) (from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa)).
ρητινώδης ουσία που λαμβάνεται από ένα δέντρο στη Σουμάτρα και χρησιμοποιείται σε διάφορες περιπτώσεις (στη χρωματοποιία, στη φαρμακευτική, την αρωματοποιία κ.λπ.
köken: Semi-learned borrowing from Malay kemenyan (possibly via Classical Malay kamiñan). Cognate with Khmer កំញាន (kɑmñaan), Western Cham [script needed] (kamơñan), Burmese ကက္ကုကမျဉ်း (kakku.ka.myany:). It was believed that it borrowed from Mon [komyaan] which did not exist.
köken: Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). First attested in 1430. The loss of the initial syllable is likely due to its reanalysis as the definite article lo.
Etimoloji
Borrowed from French benjoin or from Italian benzoino. Doublet of benzoes and benzoina.