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Where does “bergamot” come from?

bergamot (Dutch) comes from French bergamote, from German Bergamotte, from Italian bergamotto, from Portuguese bergamota, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی.

bergamot (Dutch): bergamot

Definitions

  1. bergamot

Ancestry of “bergamot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbergamotebergamot, a pear cultivar; bergamot, a...
2GermanBergamotte—
3Italianbergamotto—
4Portuguesebergamotamandarin; bergamot
5ItalianbergamottaA type of pear, Pyrus persica
6Ottoman Turkishبك آرمودی—

Words derived from “bergamot”

  • bergamotboom
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