Where does “قراسيا” come from?
قراسيا (Arabic) comes from Latin cerasia, from Latin cerasus, from Ancient Greek κερασός, from Akkadian ???? — pear-tree.
قراسيا (Arabic): cherry plant, cherry tree
Definitions
- cherry plant, cherry tree
Ancestry of “قراسيا”, step by step
قراسيا traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin cerasia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | cerasia | — |
| 2 | Latin | cerasus | cherry tree; cherry |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κερασός | bird cherry, "Prunus avium" |
| 4 | Akkadian | ???? | pear-tree |
via Classical Syriac ܩܪܣܝܐ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Syriac | ܩܪܣܝܐ | cherry |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κεράσιον | cherry; cherry tree |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |