German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German
kumin, German Kümmel ‘caraway’ (related to Latin
cuminum, a word of Oriental origin, like the plant itself),
hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer, literally a supplier
of caraway seeds. Compare Caraway, also Lorber and
ZimÊt.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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