Etymograph

English

sinsemilla

Sinsemilla comes from Spanish sin semilla.

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentsin semilla1literally ‘without seeds’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000sinsemilla1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sinsemilla
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth: “‘One day he’s Allah this, Allah that. Next minute…”.

Lineage

  1. Spanishc. 1500–presentsin semillaWiktionary, English sinsemillaliterally ‘without seeds’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2000sinsemillaWiktionary, English sinsemilla. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth: “‘One day he’s Allah this, Allah that. Next minute…”

Every English word from Spanish sin semilla

Today it means

noun A form of cannabis where only the female is allowed to blossom. Without pollen from the male plant, the female blossoms produce no seeds, forming large panicled flowers.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sinsemilla”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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